Through the Years ....: Suicide Soldier's Dying Words to His Mother: 'I can't go to Iraq. I can't kill those children'

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Suicide Soldier's Dying Words to His Mother: 'I can't go to Iraq. I can't kill those children'

1 comment:

Lica said...: "...just five days before the end of a tour"

This assumes that a tour ever ends for a solider. I think from wars of the past we have learned that a soldier's experience in wartime never leaves them.

For most people, killing any human being is unimaginable, and now we have soldiers who are being told to shoot and kill children. Even if there are child bombers, at our core we understand that these children are still ultimately innocent, and how a soldier (or ourselves) can reconcile this within the soul is beyond my understanding.

It really is no surprise that soldiers are killing themselves when leaving to their tours, while on their tours, and after returning from their tours.

Compound this with the fact that a basic understanding of this war can only lead a reasonable person to conclude that we invaded this country without justifiable means, and you have a situation that forces soldiers to completely abandon any sense of morality, any sense of right or wrong, and any sense of what is means to feel and think like a human being.

How would you handle this? Booze, drugs, sex.......and after that? Maybe suicide would be a welcome relief.; August 30, 2006 at 10:17 AM

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