"It was then that I realized that I was supposed to be guarding my unit from this detainee, but what I was doing was guarding this detainee from my unit. I tried hard to be proud of my service. All I could feel was shame. Face of occupation is laid bare Racism could no longer mask the reality of the occupation. These were people. These were human beings. I have since been plagued by guilt - anytime I see an elderly man, like the one who couldn’t walk, who we rolled onto a stretcher and told the Iraqi police to take him away. I feel guilt anytime I see a mother with her children, like the one who cried hysterically, and screamed that we were worse than Saddam as we forced her from her home. I feel guilt anytime I see a young girl, like the one I grabbed by the arm and dragged into the street. We were told we were fighting terrorists. The real terrorist was me. The real terrorism is this occupation." libcom.org/library/enemy-system-sends-us-war-speech-iraq-war-veteran
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:34:26 +0000