at the start of the novel, after a lecture About the goal of the civil affairs unit, Robin responds, if what he told us wasn't exactly stupid, it was at least confusing. why are the soldiers of civil affairs confused about how to achieve their goal.

In Sunrise over Fallujah starts when Birdy's in Kuwait waiting with his troop if a war is going to occur

They had seen various videos of the areas of conflict and then they've been sent overthere where the reality is very different. After the dangerous missions the soldiers used to watch television where the conflict seems to be over and obviously it isn't as they lived daily. They thought if the media is hiding the real estate of things on purpose and it leave them so confused