i was in iraq.. a friend of mine who was far lower ranking then me was injured by an I.E.D. 3 weeks b4 shipping back to the states.. he lost his arm had half his body crushed and was medi vac to germany..
i was pissed.. during this time we also had a marine unit admit to shooting up a small village out of anger and retaliation of the killing of one of their youngest marine... they snapped and considered them all hostile since the village never seemed to know anything always look the other way, provided shelter etc etc.... they were all jailed and would await their trial.
on top of that i had also bn to two different ceremony funerals a week prior... where they hold formation the command calls the person's name repeatedly but he never responds..
the losing my friend was the last straw.. i wished them sand N#@$$ers had never existed and we should nuke the entire middle east with all of them regardless of whether they were iraqi, Palestinian iranian, isreali ect ect to me at that moment they were are all in one group my enemy. i no longer felt any compassion for them.. i saw them as less then an animal and a constant problem that we could have bn without..
i am sure if some one had a camera and posted it in youtube i would have lost my rank and bn reprimanded severely but, at that moment when it happen no one disagreed with me not the officers not the jr marines everyone was sick and tired of the BS of having our hands constantly tied..
either way all i wanted to do was to be allowed to be a real warrior marine no code of conduct no UN no reporters just let us marnes do what we were trained to do let us off our leash and we could sweep the city and kill them all..