This literally just occurred to me as I was thinking about it and it makes me sad. And yes, I already know about the heinous shit that went down back then that we already know of, including the use of white phosphorus.
What I mean to say is that I just realized U.S. troops were ordered to do even worse horrific shit to the Iraqi people, including murdering whole families and torturing innocent people and the like. Like the kind of stuff we know Russia has been doing to Ukrainians. Stuff that hasn’t been officially revealed yet. It’s possible our own troops have even raped innocent Iraqis, maybe even children.
I suspect Iraq vets were put under strict orders not to share the fact that they did so or to tell anyone anything they know either, which is why they can never truly recover.
Yeah, I’m not proud to be an American and I don’t think I ever will be, and not just because of Iraq though that is a big reason.
If you REALLY believe what you just wrote, I truly feel sorry for you. Also, this is hardly a shower thought; but is definitely a misguided statement based on your wild imagination.
The only factual part of your diatribe against US veterans, is the precept for war being a lie (allegedly also, since some claim they saw WMDs).
Vets have PTSD from many causes including getting blown to pieces from IED’s, seeing their friends get killed or blown up, actual back and forth combat, indiscriminate mortar fire, death, destruction, even as simple as being in the theater.
So, stop this “they must have done horrific unspeakable shit so they have PTSD and can’t talk about it.”. There’s probably a few dudes on the special teams that may fit your idea of mission secrecy, but you’ll never know or hear about those missions anyway.