Poorly planned, poorly led war in Iraq led to atrocities against civilians.

Massey said he was in charge of a platoon in the 3rd Batallion of Regimental Combat Team 7, responsible for setting up checkpoints and providing armed cover against terrorists and insurgents.

He alleges that over a period of a month and a half in 2003, his platoon killed more than 30 civilians in Iraq.

"We in fact, I feel, escalated the violence," he told The Associated Press in an interview.
Massey, however, said in one case shortly after April 2003, Marines who heard a gunshot fired upon 10 Iraqi demonstrators shouting anti-U.S. slogans and wielding banners saying "Go Home" near the sprawling Al-Rashid military complex southeast of the city center. All but one of the demonstrators were killed, said Massey, who estimated he himself fired about 12 shots.

Massey said he later found several rocket-propelled grenades propped on a wall some 500 feet away. He interpreted the demonstrators' failure to use the weapons as a sign of their peaceful intentions.

You know that criminality rolls down hill. If the boss of your company is a thief then even money says that the rest of the company is peppered with like minded employees. This war was wrong from the get go and these soldiers felt it. Without a moral compass to lead them they resorted to incredibly inhuman behavior.

I doubt very seriously if we won over the heart or mind of a single Iraqi. They may pretend to be with us but I think that they are working against the American forces every chance that they get, and who can blame them? All they have seen from us is constant aggression and a lack of understanding and compassion for them and their beliefs.

We are reaping what we have sown. (I got that from the Bible)