tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625594239711628531.post7754884156420829031..comments2023-10-22T04:29:53.403-07:00Comments on ah, mephistophelis.: Wikileaks Video & Soldier's Letter: UPDATE (Iraqis Respond!)a female Fausthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449770320721100591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625594239711628531.post-55376070526080075062012-03-24T17:10:02.645-07:002012-03-24T17:10:02.645-07:00this happenned in 2007? and whats changed? - nothi...this happenned in 2007? and whats changed? - nothing.<br /><br />get rid of the usa and you get rid or worldwide terror.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625594239711628531.post-37071487184532175832010-12-21T03:00:14.956-08:002010-12-21T03:00:14.956-08:00I am a french student, and the day I found out abo...I am a french student, and the day I found out about your story Ethan, i was initially writing a paper on Wikileaks. That's how i got to see the video from the Apache, and your testimony.<br /><br />I just wanted to say what i've been thinking. Not like many people who, watched the video also, i am not blaming America, or anyone else. What is important, is not to blame on any individual, but on mankind. <br /><br />Conflicts, are human. We cannot prevent people from being in conflict with others. But there is something we can do. In fact, whereas conflicts exist, there are many different ways to settle them. <br /><br />War is one of them. Justice is another. Even sports are a way to settle conflicts. All i am saying is : in a lot of countries, mankind has managed to prevent private justice from happening, by naming someone the judge, who will solve a conflict, on behalf of the law of the land.<br /><br />Now how the scene in the video different from private justice ? Well it is a question that i will not answer, cause i don't have the experience and the knowledge, to talk about what happened, like you do Ethan.<br /><br />What i can say, and what we can agree on, is that evil is here. <br />When i see this video, i see evil. And i understand how the words of the shooter can seem mean, stupid, irrelevant, and as evil as war. <br />But let's face it, shouldn't we trust mankind, and consider that those words, are just a way for the soldier, to keep himself out of the reality, that isn't anything but horror, tears, screaming, blood, and death? <br /><br />Well i trust them soldiers. Because i felt something when i saw this video. I simply didn't want it to be true. I wanted it to be a movie, a book. Something that came out of someone's head. Not reality. <br /><br />But it is reality. So instead of blaming soldiers individually, i blame the evil, that has become so absolute, that people don't even realize that it's there. Evil has reached our unconsciousness.<br /><br />There is hope, cause some people are conscious of this reality, and act to eradicate it. <br /><br />I hope my english grammar is not too rusty, and beyond my words, you can understand that telling you this, is also to share what i felt when watching the video.<br /><br />Ethan McCord and Mrs. Faust, although i don't know you, i respect what you have chosen to do. I respect that you did not remain silent.<br /><br /><br />Théo GouzaireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625594239711628531.post-25505892590036113252010-05-05T20:20:25.651-07:002010-05-05T20:20:25.651-07:00Mrs. Faust, I am Ethan McCord I just came across t...Mrs. Faust, I am Ethan McCord I just came across this, and wanted to thank you personally for your kind words. Ive had many people bash what Josh and I are doing, but have had much more support. W are currently working on setting up a trust fund for the family, as well as we have many more veterans working on their own letters to begin the reconciliation with the people of Iraq as well as Afghanistan. Again thank you!<br />Ethan McCordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com