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I tried hard to be proud of my service, |
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but all I could feel was shame |
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Racism could no longer mask the reality of the occupation |
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These were people, these were human beings |
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I've since been plagued by guilt, any time I see an elderly man |
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Like the one who couldn't walk, |
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who we rolled onto a stretcher, and told the Iraqi police to take him away |
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I feel guilt anytime I see a mother with her children, |
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like the one who cried hysterically |
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And screamed that we're worse than Saddam |
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As we forced her from her home |
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I feel guilt anytime I see a young girl |
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Like the one I grabbed by the arm, and dragged into the street |
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We were told we were fighting terrorists... |
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The real terrorist was me, and the real terrorism was this occupation |
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Racism within the military has long been an important tool |
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to justify the destruction and occupation of another country |
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It has long been used to justify the killing, subjugation and torture of another people |
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Racism is a vital weapon employed by this government |
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It is a more important weapon than a rifle, a tank, a bomber, or a battleship |
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It is more destructive than an artillery shell, or a bunker buster, or tomahawk missile |
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While all those weapons are created and owned by this government |
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They are harmless without people willing to use them |
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Those who send us to war, do not have to pull the trigger, or lob a mortar round |
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They do not have to fight the war, they merely have to sell the war |
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They need a public who's willing to send their soldiers into harm's way |
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They need soldiers who are willing to kill and be killed, without question |
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They can spend millions on a single bomb |
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But that bomb only becomes a weapon when the ranks of the military are willing to follow orders to use it |
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They can send every last soldier anywhere on Earth, but there will only be a war, if soldiers are willing to fight |