Iraq War veteran condemns US-led invasion | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

“The Iraq war did not need to happen. It should not have happened.” Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, a former US soldier who took part reflects on its legacy, as the effects of war and occupation are still felt throughout the region.


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[mohamedsuhailirfankhazi]

"If you love war then you've never actually been in it"

Powerful words from a man who's been there and experienced it all.

[alanMeplusYou]

I love the message to his colleague War is ugly!!

Bless your soul Mr James

[gregorylumpkin]

They did find WMDs, and it was themselves. The very people who accuse other countries for "human rights violations" did this to Iraq and many other countries.

[oceanwave]

As a Vietnamese, I can't believe that the US military could just get away with "My Lai massacre", among other things. In my religion, people who die because of injustice are unable to reincarnate, and have another life...

[kenfu]

respect to this soldier that speaks out this is brave

[MahsaSara]

🌿🌿 So glad to see that at long last, Allah is blessing them with the wisdom to slowly realise their mistakes. 👍🤲💯

[abubibs]

Despite everyones criticism at least this man is one of the few who regrets his wrongs and has the courage to come forward

[engineered.mechanized]

Jail those government officials of US and NATO who commited war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[sethclayton-gffi]

I did Two tours to Iraq. I did not know. I am sorry. I am doing everything I can now to make it right. God bless the Iraqis.

[waymit]

I served 21 years Army and did 5 tours in the Middle East 3 in Iraq and 2 in Afghanistan, I was awarded the P/H 3 times along with several awards for valor, And what this man said is correct, Combat shows young soldiers things no human being should " EVER" see RLTW !!!!

[Soulessdeeds]

People seem to think that the vast majority of soldiers sent to Iraq completely agreed with being sent there. That's not true at all. We the soldiers knew that we should never have been sent there. I did 3 deployments to Iraq and I knew first hand that they didn't want us there. They grew quickly to hate us. It's not hard to see why. Their country and lives were destroyed by that war. We are seeing the same thing play out with Ukraine right now. Iraq was 100% the fault of politicians and the people who voted for them. The soldiers like me were just living our daily lives and just wanted to serve and defend our country. We don't get a say in where we are sent. But politicians do. And they profitted greatly from military contracts and seeing the war continue. Iraq was just Vietnam 2.0.

[joeball]

Crazy that Al Jazeera happens to be the channel that found this guy. We don't even pretend to be honest down the middle journalism anymore. It's so sad, to be able to pick watch version of reality you want based on which news outlet you follow.

[lebbeus]

Call for the banning of American athletes in all international sporting events to show solidarity for Iraq

[kasper]

It is nice to see some Americans escaping the propaganda

[believein]

“The Iraq war did not need to happen. It shouldn’t have happened. Iraq did nothing to us. And we killed a million of their civilians, lost 5000+ American soldiers, for what?”

[pcangeldust]

Where is the ICC arrest warrant for Bush and Blair?

[Bullshit]

Iran and all other countries have the right to enrich their nuclear program for their internal security, needs and prosperity and to secure their international borders from aggressors. In fact, the DON district wants a monopoly in all areas of technology. In my opinion, it is a hard reality that if Japan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya maintain military and nuclear power then the US and its allies will not attack.

[ErrorXTech]

Americans: Let's Give more weapons to Ukraine.

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American: We should not have poured fuel in the fire.

[heywhatpoo]

Thank you for your service and dedication.

[contactpro]

"Yes we are criminals, so... how's the weather ?"