I don't pretend to condone what was going on ...... but I am trying to understand what was going on in the minds of those soldiers, and all soldiers in Iraq, who have to face the daily dangers. Waiting for the next mortar, bullet (or hail of bullets, more like) or roadside bomb.
Do we really understand what that does to ones mind? Every day for months on end? Do we really? Terribly easy to sit in judgement back here in our comfy chairs. Iraq is on f****d-up place. No fun to be there, whatsoever.