Black Hawk Down

i am currently reading Black Hawk Down. so far i have read up to the point in which all of the rangers are finding places to hide in for the night. as the sun is setting all of the men try to group in one general area to raise their chances of survival. several of the Americans have already been killed and many of them are injured. none of the Somalians are as good of fighters as them, but they have many more people. this book has made me really think about war and the consequences of it. these men are stuck in a city surrounded by people who are trying to kill them and that just sends shivers down my spine. the author of this book did a great job writing this book in a way that really makes me feel like i am sitting with the soldiers there. it also really makes me realize how much danger those men are in and how scary it is to be fighting down there. the author does a good job of making you soak up the emotions of the men fighting and how they feel when they kill somebody or when one of their friends gets shot. this book really makes me not want to join the army so that i don't have to go through all of the things that these men had to go through and the pain of killing another person.