Well, the locals are probably terrorists too
From discussion in General Politics:
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US Soldier Who Massacred 16 Afghan Villagers Grew Hateful of 'Everyone Who Isn’t American'[/h]June 8, 2015 | 4:00 pm
The US soldier who was convicted of mass murdering 16 Afghan villagers while on deployment in 2012, revealed he was "consumed by war" and antipathy for anyone who wasn't American.
In a letter sent late last year to Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales begged the Army to overturn or reduce his August 2013 sentence of life without parole, writing that he "would do anything not to be the bad guy."
"I planted war and hate for the better part of 10 years and harvested violence," he wrote. "After being in prison two years, I understand that what I thought was normal was the farthest thing from being normal."
The letter,
obtained by Seattle's
News Tribune newspaper through a FOIA request, failed to sway Lanza, who refused to modify the plea deal Bales took in order to escape the death penalty. The case will now be referred to the Army Court of Criminal Appeal, a spokesman said Friday.
Bales, 41, an Ohio native and father of two, shot a total of 22 people, including 17 women and children, in two nighttime raids on two villages in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province in March 2012. He set some of the bodies on fire. The widespread outrage in the wake of the killings forced the US Army to temporarily suspend operations in the region.
https://news.vice.com/article/us-sol...-isnt-american
Related
USA Today, March 19, 2012
Why suicide rate among veterans may be more than 22 a day
People like Levi Derby, who hanged himself in his grandfather's garage in Illinois on April 5, 2007. He was haunted, says his mother, Judy Casper, by an Afghan child's death.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/21/us/22-...uicides-a-day/
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