ErasureAcer
Banned
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/11/10_400.html
Best thing I've read in a long time.
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Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey may be the most unlikely of the soldiers who have come out against the war. A Marine since 1992, he has been a recruiter, infantry instructor, and combat platoon leader. He went to Iraq primed to fight. 9/11 pissed me off, he says. I was ready to go kill a raghead.
Jimmy Massey went to Iraq a gung-ho Marine, but returned shaken after killing civilians.
Shortly after Massey arrived in Iraq, his unit was ordered to man roadblocks. To stop cars, the Marines would raise their hands. If the drivers kept going, Massey says, we would just light em up. I didnt find out until later on, after talking to an Iraqi, that when you put your hand up in the air, it means Hello. He estimates that his men killed 30 civilians in one 48-hour period.
One day, he recalls, there was this red Kia Spectra. We told it to stop, and it didnt. There were four occupants. We fatally wounded three of them. We started pulling out the bodies, but they were dying pretty fast. The guy that was driving was just frickin bawling, sitting on the highway. He looked at me and asked, Why did you kill my brother? He wasnt a terrorist. He didnt do anything to you.
Massey searched the car. It was completely clean. Nothing there. Meanwhile the driver just ran around saying, Why? Why? Thats when I started to question.
The doubts led to nightmares, depression, and a talk with his commanding officer. I feel what we are doing here is wrong. We are committing genocide, Massey told him. He was later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and given a medical discharge.
Best thing I've read in a long time.
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Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey may be the most unlikely of the soldiers who have come out against the war. A Marine since 1992, he has been a recruiter, infantry instructor, and combat platoon leader. He went to Iraq primed to fight. 9/11 pissed me off, he says. I was ready to go kill a raghead.
Jimmy Massey went to Iraq a gung-ho Marine, but returned shaken after killing civilians.
Shortly after Massey arrived in Iraq, his unit was ordered to man roadblocks. To stop cars, the Marines would raise their hands. If the drivers kept going, Massey says, we would just light em up. I didnt find out until later on, after talking to an Iraqi, that when you put your hand up in the air, it means Hello. He estimates that his men killed 30 civilians in one 48-hour period.
One day, he recalls, there was this red Kia Spectra. We told it to stop, and it didnt. There were four occupants. We fatally wounded three of them. We started pulling out the bodies, but they were dying pretty fast. The guy that was driving was just frickin bawling, sitting on the highway. He looked at me and asked, Why did you kill my brother? He wasnt a terrorist. He didnt do anything to you.
Massey searched the car. It was completely clean. Nothing there. Meanwhile the driver just ran around saying, Why? Why? Thats when I started to question.
The doubts led to nightmares, depression, and a talk with his commanding officer. I feel what we are doing here is wrong. We are committing genocide, Massey told him. He was later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and given a medical discharge.
