Day 8

You don’t have to fight to become a soldier. It doesn’t matter what occupation
you have; doctor, teacher, vendor, anything. To be a soldier, you have to have
a specific goal in mind, and you can’t let anything in the way stop you from
accomplishing that goal. Also, you have to recover from setbacks quickly.
You just have to keep on going. You have to serve.

From my brief experience of war, I learned that it is a terrible thing. It is a
monster that ravages the land, and affects all of the populace in the area
that is being contested for. Pain and suffering is a result of war. But,
even taking into account the above text, war is a necessary action
in some cases. War is inevitable in this country; the poorer classes
are being oppressed. They must be freed of this oppression and tyranny.

Hate is a powerful tool. Wherever it is directed, you can do amazing
things that you wouldn’t have dreamed of. I have discovered this
through my experiences. I would not have been able to shoot
loyalists in the invasion of San IlDefonso if I hadn’t seen the
murdered villagers, and the miserable children.

Seeing the battered church also had an affect on me. All the
beautiful stained glass was broken. It showed how war can
scar existing good memories (the trip with my family on
Easter), let alone create terrible ones. I have learned from
these memories, and my experience in the army, and I will
soon leave the army to serve my country.

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