Enemies and Friends

Of course war is centered around enemies and friends of opposite countries. But what about enemies and friends within the same army, let alone the same squad? O'Brien tells a story of two men who get in a fist fight over a missing jacknife; a pretty common happening with teens today. Fighting is always the answer! Although the fight was simple and stupid, the man who had "won" was scared of revenge. His "enemy" ate where he ate, slept where he slept, and carried around a giant weapon at all times. He now had to not only worry about the foreign enemy, but the enemy who was supposed to have his back when going into battle. Its rather interesting that being at war can make one so uncertain of familiar things, such as fellow American men who just wanted to return home to their girlfriends. It cracks me up what the first man says at the end of the chapter about his worried enemy...

"The man's crazy..I stole his f#####g jacknife."