US Marines Look Deep Inside Their Souls – Find Vacuum – Decide To Kill Afghan Villagers

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (left) one of up to 20 US Marines who massacred 16 Afghan villagers. Here he is seen training at a US military mock up of a typical 'rag-head ville'.

In response to the February 25th killing of two US soldiers by an unidentified Afghan, who was angered by the most recent “Koran burning” episode by the always sensitive US army, the Commander of US forces in Afghanistan, General John Allen, told US troops:

“There will be moments like this when you’re searching for the meaning of this loss. There will be moments like this, when your emotions are governed by anger and a desire to strike back. Now is not the time for revenge, now is not the time for vengeance, now is the time to look deep inside your souls, remember your mission, remember your discipline, remember who you are.”

 

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