Comments on: Iraq War Vet: “We Were Told to Just Shoot People, and the Officers Would Take Care of Us” http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/iraq-war-vet-we-were-told-to-just-shoot-people-and-the-officers-would-take-care-of-us Alternative News & Fiercely Independent Commentary for the Liberty Movement Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jim http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/iraq-war-vet-we-were-told-to-just-shoot-people-and-the-officers-would-take-care-of-us/comment-page-1#comment-11988 Jim Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:11:41 +0000 http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=3363#comment-11988 Thank you Liberty Voice for continuing the discussion on this most important issue. It is imperative that Americans understand what U.S. soldiers are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the drone bombings in Pakistan. There is word for this kind of blind killing, it’s called genocide.

When we treat people as though they are things, we have lost our way. Both the U.S. soldiers and their victims in Iraq/Afghan/Pakistan have all been treated like things. The U.S. soldiers have been treated like things because they have been trained to not tell the difference between killing innocent civilians and killing combatants. There is a mental disconnect – also known as brainwashing. Americans should be outraged that this has been done to our soldiers, in addition to the mass slaughtering of innocent Iraq/Afghan/Pakistan people.

Folks at home don’t have to worry about what happens in these wars, but those soldiers, when they realize what they have done, will have to live with that shame for the rest of their lives. Knowing this, it’s not surprising that the suicide rate amongst U.S. soldiers is extremely high.

This is unbelievably shameful and Americans should take action to bring an end to the senseless killing.

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