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David Botti
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Apr 14, 2008 11:43 AM
Today we're taking at look at a New York Times article written by C.J. Chivers
around the time Donald Rumsfeld resigned from office. Chivers, a
former marine, is able to capture the mood and dialog of a Marine
infantry squad in a simple and straight forward manner. He let's the
marines do the talking, and in doing so offers an ironic depiction of
how some grunts relate to their leaders.
The November 2006 piece
occurs as Chivers is embedded with the squad in Zagarit, Iraq. They
have been sleeping in the house of a local Iraqi man, Hashim al-Menti,
who sees on the television that Rumsfeld has resigned from his position
as Secretary of Defense. He informs the squads sergeant:
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