The PBS News Hour carried a report on the IVAW 'Winter Soldier' testimony in Congress tonight, 5-21-08
Witnesses to War Speak Out on Rules of Engagement
Reports of innocent civilian deaths in Iraq have been numerous, but barring a few instances caught on tape, they have yet to be recognized by the soldiers themselves. Some soldiers have begun to speak out, about the actions they have taken and the things they have seen.
KWAME HOLMAN: As the House debate continued last week over funding the Iraq war, leading anti-war Democrats convened nearby to hear from a group of veterans who say they witnessed and participated in widespread misconduct during their time in Iraq.
The stories came from a dozen or so former Marines and soldiers who left Iraq at least two years ago. They include accounts of unwarranted killings of Iraqi civilians and mistreatment of detainees that were met with indifference or encouragement by commanding officers.
Two of the men said the weight of such experiences led them to suicide attempts.
They have dubbed themselves "Winter Soldiers," the same name used by Vietnam veterans who reported similar alleged abuses during that war.
They were welcomed by California's Lynn Woolsey.
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Maybe it would be a very
Maybe it would be a very good thing if some of the Winter Soldiers emerged from the relatively limited visibility of hearings and testimony in committee rooms, and started appearing in uniform at campaign rallies for all the candidates who have voted to keep funding the obscene war in Iraq, beginning with McCain but not forgetting Hillary and Barack.
None of those three sold-out stooges deserves to be President of the United States!
It's only too late to find a decent candidate if everybody believes it's impossible. Democrats and Republicans have disgraced themselves just about equally in the genocidal war in Iraq, and it's time to consign both those collections of bagmen for the corporations to the garbage dump of history.
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