Baumer explains early on that the bond between a platoon/squad ofsoldiers is almost unlike any bond, resembling the bond between brothers, but even stronger Baumer claims. Do you think that friendship is more important and more powerful than kinship (family)? Why or why not? (Answer in 3 - 4 sentences).

How is president obama using an appeal to reason, or logos, in this excerpt? by explaining why each person must work hard in order to succeed by explaining why working together is necessary for success by explaining why attempts at working together in the past failed by explaining why each person must look out for him or her self