“And I tried hard to be proud of my service but all I could feel was shame. The racism could not longer mask the reality of the occupation. These were people, these were human beings. I’ve since been claimed by guilt any time I see an elderly man like the one who couldn’t walk and we rolled out on a stretcher and told the Iraqi police to take him away. I feel guilt any time I see a mother with her children like the one who cried hysterically and screamed that we were worst than Saddam as we forced her from her home. I feel guilt any time I see a young girl, like the one I grabbed by the arm, and dragged into the street. WE ARE TOLD WE ARE FIGHTING TERRORISTS; THE REAL TERRORIST WAS ME AND THE REAL TERRORISM IS THIS OCCUPATION.” -Mike Prysner, US Army war veteran who served in Iraq
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:34:38 +0000
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