Hersch - Murdering kids in Iraq

[Doctor_J]

This is really depressing. "20 insurgents killed"

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1102-04.htm

He described one video in which American soldiers massacre a group of people playing soccer.
“Three U.S. armed vehicles, eight soldiers in each, are driving through a village, passing candy out to kids,” he began. “Suddenly the first vehicle explodes, and there are soldiers screaming. Sixteen soldiers come out of the other vehicles, and they do what they’re told to do, which is look for running people.”

“Never mind that the bomb was detonated by remote control,” Hersh continued. “ open up fire; cameras show it was a soccer game.”

“About ten minutes later, begin dragging bodies together, and they drop weapons there. It was reported as 20 or 30 insurgents killed that day,” he said.

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Anyone who runs from a bomb blast is an insurgent?

Isn't running from explosions just instinctual? Wouldn't anybody capable of running, run?

[ShortnFiery]

2. This will be OUR (Society's) problem when these troops come

back to The World, i.e., the United States.

If we cared, really cared, our Veterans' Mental Health organizations would prepare and ramp-up (increased funding) to assist the combat troops having better (less tramatic) ADJUSTMENT to civilian life. But the foregoing will NOT happen. As a result, be prepared for increased violence, homelessness and suicide among our Iraq War Veterans. :(

Tragic and Senseless. :thumbsdown: