From a 2011 article by Rolling Stone:
… after six hard months soldiering in Afghanistan, a group of American infantrymen reached a momentous decision: It was finally time to kill a haji.
Among the men of Bravo Company, the notion of killing an Afghan civilian had been the subject of countless conversations, during lunchtime chats and late-night bull sessions. For weeks, they had weighed the ethics of bagging “savages” and debated the probability of getting caught. Some of them agonized over the idea; others were gung-ho from the start. But not long after the New Year, as winter descended on the arid plains of Kandahar Province, they agreed to stop talking and actually pull the trigger. …
It’s horrific.
At the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival here’s the trailer for Best Documentary Feature.
I mention this because the USA is just now considering entering into two more wars. Syria and Iran.
So far even John (“maybe 100” years in Iraq) McCain has not called for boots on the ground.
Keep it that way.