Just over a year ago, WikiLeaks released footage from a gunsight camera of an Apache helicopter engaged in an attack that killed two journalists and eight civilians in Baghdad. The “Collateral Murder” video, as it came to be known, was a shocking document of America’s war in Iraq, and was greeted with a firestorm of controversy on its release. One of the first soldiers on the scene after the air attack, Ethan McCord, is now the subject of a short documentary, Incident in New Baghdad, which will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York next week. McCord, in New York for the festival premiere, told the story of what he experienced while saving two children wounded in the incident. When he returned to the Forward Operating Base, he requested mental health support to deal with the scenes he had witnessed. He was laughed at and told to “suck it up.” According to McCord, what Americans can see in the video is “one incident of many,” and that similar abuses of American military power occur almost daily. “You can see from that one incident that we shouldn’t be” in Iraq, McCord concludes. For more videos, visit www.TheNation.com
Indite the criminals who started that illegal war and put those MF in jail.
@JejuLee
yes it is america, as its always been.
depleted uranium
the army of satan
THANK SIR YOU NOW THIS IS WHAT A REAL SOLDIER LOOKS LIKE. I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND WHO SERVED 25 Marine and Army AND WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION. He served as a medic and they pulled the same crap on him as this soldier. My friend could not get a decent job as a civilian and was on the brink of homeless. Mind you he did not drink or use any drugs! I housed him until he got on his feet which meant a decent job with a nurse registry who gave him a decent respectable position. Military cut him off.
Back in 2002 a commanding officer from the National Guard returned from the first tour in Iraq and said basically the same thing. That their were just people and that it was a bunch of BS. His infantry men got paid 1/4 annually compared to guy’s just driving supply trucks got. WAKE UP AMERICA WE DON’T HAVE WARS JUST INVASION. We have not had a real war since the Civil War. Our military is just pawns for the rich, to kill the poor in order for the 2% to control resources for their personal gain.
And heads up, were all the Indians now. You’ll be worked to death, taxed to death, stressed to death, radiated with nuclear power plants, big brother and it’s holding company is privatizing your food,water,air and killing you softly with mutant gene foods cancer causing pollutants. Selling your public paid for lands oceans rivers and wildlife to the highest bidder’s. We are all just slaves to this system rabidly turning fascist. At least Hitler killed his people swiftly more humane than W n W.
fuck em all
wars, blood rituals for the benefit of the hellite and a tool
to cull the population, to weaken/destroy societies and make
them disfunctional. soldiers and nations are mind controlled
to think that wars were like god given/inevitable but all they are
is satanic mass murder for the benefit of the world controlling trillionaires
Coming out about this is TRUE bravery. Bless you for your honesty…
Thumbs up for Vastell, woooooahhhhhhh yeeeaaahhh!!!!!
Take no more orders from your officers, break free from the processing and conditioning that made you soldiers to these parasitic global elites, drop your weapons, make friends and show love and compassion to the innocents in the lands that you were sent to kill and conquer, join the rest of humanity that is begining to awaken from the spell of few, that have controlled the many on this planet for centuries. 2011 worldwide Revolution begins….
250,000 sldiers used abused made to abuse and then cut off from benefits pimped to them at the getgo…all soldiers, from all armies are pawns in a checkmate that is run from hidden leaders we don’t vote for…
This is all blood sacrifice the Elite make in the name of their Luciferian god. The one they worship at Bohemian Grove called Molech, which was also known as…
Ba’el in Hebrew
Ba’al in Arabic
this is a true bravery and heroism Ethan; people need to know, to be informed of what is really going on in places like Iraq; it is great that you’re doing this because in doing so you’re also helping yourself to deal with what you went through; best wishes to you in educating those who need to open their eyes; thank you!
Kudos to you my friend, you are a beautiful human being
American military murder machine.
The real heroes are guys like this who expose the evil. Folks like Bradley manning.
Young folks, save your soul and avoid the military at all costs, no matter how desperate for money you get. Don’t give yourself to evil.
You, Bradley Manning and other people who live by the Golden Rule are my heroes, Ethan. Officers and soldiers who commit war crimes endanger their comrades and all of us. My father, a WWII vet who flew on 40 bombing missions, said the Army was hiding terrible crimes. He hated war and killed himself later. Military officials who claim that soldiers had PTSD before they went to war are despicable. They cannot justify their actions so they lie. PTSD is a serious injury, not a character flaw.
The real heroes are the one’s who have no choice but to fight, who are happen to be called insurgents or terrorists.
Ethan McCord should be congratulated for his honesty and courage. How does one pass an army medical examination at recruitment with a broken spine? The US Army is using up its soldiers and discarding them without compensation for their injuries sustained in battle. It’s disgusting. God’s speed, Ethan.
OMG get this soldiers kill people! Thank you Wikileaks!
You are a True American Hero, Mr. McCord. I thank you for your honesty. i watched an interview you did on Brazilian TV tonight and I’m very proud of what you have said and done. Thank you for your service.
Ethan should be the reference of US instead of George Bush or even Obama.
@astrud1231 I agree 100% Mc Cord Manning Finkelstein are the rare Voices-Guardians of far slipped USA Morality-Decency.
I saw Ethan McCord speak last month (September 2011). Everyone who admires McCord for speaking out about his experiences in Iraq should know that he has been threatened by other members of the military for having done so. McCord also speaks at schools convincing young students not to enlist.
This man needs the support of all who feel he is doing the right thing. Keep it in mind.