She hasn't been changed forever.
That's b.s.. She didn't see the real deal. She didn't see Marines die. She didn't see the barbarism of Saddam's people.
But the True Embeds did. Those were the guys who saw the war. People like the late David Bloom, Ollie North, the intrepid Greg Kelly and Walter Rogers with the 3/7th Cavalry regiment.
They saw the monkey show. They will not ever believe that war has any intrinsic value. However, they will always value the warrior.
This woman struggles to write an "understanding" article. Perhaps it's what she really believes. But on so many levels, this article is so much Robert Fisk: experiencing the war "firsthand" from the 12th Floor of the Palestine Hotel.
Be Seeing You,
Chris