Read this. All of it.

[Victor_c3]

18. As a veteran of the war in Iraq, this war is deeply personal to me

Unfortunately I don't have the time or energy to devote to reading the entire article at the moment. Reading and subsequently writing about my feelings of the war completely wear me out.

I say this a lot, but at some point I need to get over myself and the war. However, that being said, the pain that some of us who have served over there have endured should bear on the minds of those who ever supported that war.

I joined the Army in 1997 to be a part of an organization that bettered humanity. Perhaps I fell for too much of the propaganda as a child, but I joined with the purest of intentions. Instead, I found myself with blood all over my hands for a war that had nothing to do with what I was brought up and told to believe were the values of our country and our military. Looking back at my service and my actions, I feel mostly shame for what I did in our country's name.

Again, I can't read that entire article right now and reply to it meaningfully. However, I will when after I sober up a little bit and my kids and wife are asleep.