{"id":2728,"date":"2012-04-23T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2012-04-19T18:32:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T18:32:47","slug":"the-dangers-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/04\/the-dangers-of-war.html","title":{"rendered":"The Dangers of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/04\/cigarette.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2748\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/04\/cigarette.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>We were asleep in our cots at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan when exploding enemy rockets woke us up. My platoon and I threw on our fatigues, grabbed our weapons and ran to the bunker for protection. 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