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> [There is no more "front" and "rear" where Fobbit-types would go to hide out in safer locations. In Iraq and Afghanistan, you engaged in a theater of operations that's 360 degrees at all times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/there-is-no-more-front-and-rear-where-fobbit-types-would-go-to-hide/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

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## More by Dave Abrams

> [If Fobbit leaves a reader feeling stranded in some bland in-between territory, then I haven't done my job. But having said all that, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/if-fobbit-leaves-a-reader-feeling-stranded-in-some-bland-in-between/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [Seeing any war through the distortion of comedy is healthy. There is just too much absurdity and irony at play in a combat zone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/seeing-any-war-through-the-distortion-of-comedy-is-healthy-there-is/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [The modern wars are also omnipresent in our electronic media - to be cynical about it, we now have 24 hours of non-stop bloodshed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/the-modern-wars-are-also-omnipresent-in-our-electronic-media-to-be/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [I think I'm still just as conflicted about the war as I always was. On the one hand, I was a soldier carrying out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/i-think-i-m-still-just-as-conflicted-about-the-war-as-i-always-was-on/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [There is no more "front" and "rear" where Fobbit-types would go to hide out in safer locations. In Iraq and Afghanistan, you engaged in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/there-is-no-more-front-and-rear-where-fobbit-types-would-go-to-hide/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [I think it's possible - perhaps even necessary - to find comedy in any war. I mean, look at the brilliant work which was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/i-think-it-s-possible-perhaps-even-necessary-to-find-comedy-in-any/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [It's disingenous for me to say that I wasn't trying to write a moral novel. By its very nature as a novel about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/it-s-disingenous-for-me-to-say-that-i-wasn-t-trying-to-write-a-moral/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [I wasn't trying to write a corrective novel - that would just end up tasting like medicine, and I tried to stay away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/i-wasn-t-trying-to-write-a-corrective-novel-that-would-just-end-up/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [With a profession such as investing, people see the 'doing' as the buying and selling. It is difficult to come home from work, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/with-a-profession-such-as-investing-people-see-the-doing-as-the/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [The careful choice of words, the scrubbing of language, the calculated images we presented to the external audiences - those were all major parts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/the-careful-choice-of-words-the-scrubbing-of-language-the-calculated/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [The near impossible. If no one believed in the impossible there would be nothing left to dream about](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/the-near-impossible-if-no-one-believed-in-the-impossible-there-would/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [Wars always evolve over time, don't they? Iraq/Afghanistan is different than Vietnam, and Vietnam was different than Korea, and Korea was different than World…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/wars-always-evolve-over-time-don-t-they-iraq-afghanistan-is-different/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

> [Where the differences came in was the patina of ideology which the news media laid over everything. There's certainly a bias, to some degree,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-abrams/where-the-differences-came-in-was-the-patina-of-ideology-which-the/)

[Dave Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-abrams/)

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