Well, you know, I was on post when this Iraqi came through my door in
the post, I was at the Government Center in Ramadi which is the capital
of the Anbar Province where Falluja is. And when this man came into my
post, at that point, I had been standing my post and somehow he had
gotten through all the other security measures and gotten to my post.
And so, you know, when I arrested him and put him -- detained him, my
command told me at that point that it was my fault that I should have
killed him. He was in an area that is completely restricted for
civilians. No questions asked, it doesn't matter if he had a gun,
that's out the door, the fact is, I should have killed him. And you
know, for me during that time period, that was really tough for me to
deal with it. I had to go through all the repercussions and treated as
though what I did was wrong and, you know, how I was called a "girl" and
all sorts of pejorative terms around this situation. And so after that
situation, what I think is really important is that this is just one
instance of that. And like how many soldiers across this country are
coming down with orders from command telling them to commit these
crimes, telling them to kill people -- who don't have weapons --
specifically because of where they are specifically because of how
they've impacted this sort of post. And so what is shows is there's a
whole policy around the idea that-that soldiers can kill or can murder
someone that doesn't have a weapon and that's totally explainable by the
command.
-- Iraq War veteran Ryan Endicott discussing the Iraq War with Abby Martin on her show Breaking The Set (RT -- here for the episode at Hulu).