Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Wow.

From Democracy In Action, this report, and a re-print of this open letter from U.S. soldiers to the people of the neighborhood in Iraq depicted in the "Collateral Murder" video: "Two soldiers from Bravo Company 2-16, the company depicted in the video, have written an open letter of apology to the Iraqis who were injured or lost loved ones during the attack that, these former soldiers say, is a regular occurrence in this war."
We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. Ethan McCord pulled your daughter and son from the van, and when doing so, saw the faces of his own children back home. Josh Stieber was in the same company but was not there that day, though he contributed to the your pain, and the pain of your community on many other occasions.

Worth reading in its entirety. 

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