Saturday, October 08, 2005
When Good Marines Go Bad
A 12 year veteran marine, former Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey, who was honorably discharged with PTSD, has written a book in which he claims that he committed atrocities during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He had the backbone to bring his claims to the attention of his superiors while he was still a marine and the Marines investigated and the Pentagon says that what he describes was not an atrocity under the rules of engagement during the second part of the Gulf War. That doesn't mean Mr. Massey did not kill protesting civilians who were later found to be unarmed. Those facts would certainly fit the PTSD discharge. I know that, for all my pseudo military bluster and ability with guns, if I killed anyone, it would devastate me. Perhaps this is what happened to this devil dog author.
The thing that gets me a little is that Mr Massey has chosen to publish his book, titled Kill! Kill! Kill! in France, where anti-American books sell like hotcakes. (It was ghost written by a French journalist). While that might be publishing paydirt, it just seems shameful to do this rather minor mea culpa overseas.
Semper fi indeed.
The thing that gets me a little is that Mr Massey has chosen to publish his book, titled Kill! Kill! Kill! in France, where anti-American books sell like hotcakes. (It was ghost written by a French journalist). While that might be publishing paydirt, it just seems shameful to do this rather minor mea culpa overseas.
Semper fi indeed.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 8:08 AM 
