"Aiden Delgado, an Army Reservist in the 320th Military Police Company, served in Iraq from April 1, 2003 through April 1, 2004. After spending six months in Nasiriyah in Southern Iraq, he spent six months helping to run the now-infamous Abu Ghraib prison outside of Baghdad."
Mr Delgado now makes slide show presentations of the horrors, or rather, "atrocities" that he has witnessed first hand in Iraq.
"Delgado says he observed mutilation of the dead, trophy photos of dead Iraqis, mass roundups of innocent noncombatants, positioning of prisoners in the line of fire--all violations of the Geneva conventions."
"In one government class for seniors, Delgado presented graphic images, his own photos of a soldier playing with a skull, the charred remains of children, kids riddled with bullets, a soldier from his unit scooping out the brains of a prisoner. Some students were squeamish, like myself, and turned their heads. Others rubbed tears from their eyes. But at the end of the question period, many expressed appreciation for opening a subject that is almost taboo. "If you are old enough to go to war, Delgado said, "you are old enough to know what really goes on.""
Delgado does not name his fellow soldiers, rather, his presentation is aimed at revealing the realities of war to young people who may some day be asked to fight in a war. Otherwise good people can commit horrible acts without the bat of an eyelash. Delgado himself now has CO (Contientious Objector) status and has been honorably discharged.
Bigotry against all Arabs and Muslims in particular is rampant in the military in Iraq and the process of dehumanizing the 'enemy' begins in bootcamp here in the States.
This article is an interview of Mr Delgado written by Paul Rockwell, and it is a real eye opener. I remember well the Mi Lai incident from Viet Nam where otherwise normal soldiers became brutal mass murderers of an entire villiage. This is Bush's war, it's Bush's fault and is the real bottom line of his 'culture of life'. War does wierd, horrible things to those who are forced to wage it. Please take the time to read the entire article
here.
You can also check out
The War in Context which is where I found the link, and is a site I check every day.