Then I saw their face / Now I’m not a believer

[O]n his third deployment in Iraq, [Staff Sgt. David Safstrom] is no longer a believer in the mission. The pivotal moment came, he says, this past February when soldiers killed a man setting a roadside bomb. When they searched the bomber’s body, they found identification showing him to be a sergeant in the Iraqi Army. [Michael Kamber, “Doubts Grow as G.I.’s in Iraq Find Allies in Enemy Ranks,” New York Times, May 27, 2007]

Posted by Lawrence Auster at May 28, 2007 08:30 AM | Send