| I know not why Staff Sgt. Robert Bales committed these most brutal atrocities. This is not written to excuse his behavior or condemn it, although I do so in the strongest terms. I write this because even though Sgt. Bales admitted killing these men, women and children, he had an accomplice. It was the American government that sent this man to 1,192 days of hell. Despite head injuries, the loss of part of a foot and his personal plea that this would be a hardship on his family and serving three tours in Iraq, they sent this broken man to Afghanistan. When is enough? When does killing and seeing your buddies killed become too much? |
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