In the poem “Goodnight Saigon”, Billy Joel reveals the negative effects that lack of preparation can have on a military by describing the harsh realities of war. Like many others stories of war, soldiers often come in excited and ready to defend their countries but then soon realize the brutalities of the battlefield. However, this poem differs from many other American stories because this time, America did not come out successful. The author and his soldiers excited, would soon realize that they came unprepared as “[they] came in spastic / like tameless horses / [but] left in plastic / as numbered corpses”(Joel 8-11). Although, they thought they were prepared, the battle revealed otherwise. When they least expected to get attacked
