Soldiers involved in the “Collateral Murder” video have come forward to tell their story: “From my experiences in Iraq, we shouldn’t even be in these countries fighting wars. This is a war of aggression, of occupation. There is nothing justifiable to me about this war. And this isn’t someone sitting back saying ‘I think’ or ‘I believe.’ This is from someone who was there.”
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All three soldiers say they hope Americans will learn the right lessons from the WikiLeaks video. “We acknowledge our part in the deaths and injuries of your loved ones as we tell Americans what we were trained to do and what we carried out in the name of ‘god and country,'” write McCord and Stieber in their open letter. “The soldier in the video said that your husband shouldn’t have brought your children to battle, but we are acknowledging our responsibility for bringing the battle to your neighborhood, and to your family. We did unto you what we would not want done to us.”
“Our heavy hearts still hold hope that we can restore inside our country the acknowledgment of your humanity, that we were taught to deny.”
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