I just finished reading an article in Rolling Stone (Issue 1128 - April 14, 2011) titled "The Kill Team" by Mark Boal, and I can't even express how disgusted I am. The article is about some soldiers who blatantly killed Afghan civilians and took pictures as evidence of their deed. Where do I start to pinpoint how wrong this is? Killing an innocent person, no matter what race they are, no matter what people of shared religion or background do, has no reason. To invade someones country and feel entitled to murder men and children as a sport is crazy. One of the soldiers that is mostly spoken about has the characteristics of a serial killer. He would find men to kill and once dead he would chop off their pinkie finger and save it as a souvenir. And he still thinks everything he did was justified.
What the fuck makes the American government think we have such a great country when we are full of terrorists disguised as patriotic soldiers? I don't want to seem like I'm looking to taint the reputation of the real soldiers in our military but this kind of stuff is happening all over the place and no one is doing anything about it. Also, I've noticed that every time I have heard about these incidents it has been the Army, not other branches.
I know I usually don't get into such heavy political talk on this blog, but I am upset right now. I hate war. I think it's ridiculous that humans have such a need for power. That we can't seem to get along with others and realize that we are all flesh and blood. No matter your religion, your color, your sex, your language, we are all made up of the same cells.
For fear of me going off on a rant of my own, I'll say 2 things.
ReplyDelete1. You're entirely right.
2. You'll forget your outrage in a few days time and that's exactly what they expect of you.