Sunday, April 25, 2010

A Soldier's Anguish Over Iraq

Photo: Ethan McCord

US Soldier Apologizes For Attack On Iraq Families -- Times Online

AN American soldier who took part in an attack in which 12 people, including a Reuters journalist, were killed and two children injured has written an emotional apology to the victims’ families in Iraq.

Ethan McCord is seen carrying the children to safety in a Pentagon video of the attack which occurred three years ago in a suburb of Baghdad. The film was released on the internet earlier this month by WikiLeaks, the website dedicated to publishing secret documents.

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My Comment: Many of the vets that I met through my father .... my father included .... could never shake off the impact that war had on their souls. I suspect that Ethan McCord will be another soldier who will have his war time experiences with him for the rest of his life.

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