Soldier X

[Charley]

The Following is an Interview with an American Soldier who served in Iraq. This is a reprint from one of my blogs.


Tonight I set down and talked to a man who has seen the horrors of war first hand. He is an American soldier, and a hero even if he dose not consider himself to be one. He is also a very good friend of mine. For the sake of anonymity I will refer to him as Soldier x.

The following interview is graphic and disturbing. It is also what really happens during war, spoken in soldier X's own words.

Me: where did this happen? was it in a city?
Soldier x: on a bridge driving into Ramadi Iraq.
Me: you were doing a patrol right?
Soldier x: nope driving into town for a tea party.
The old man had to see the gov??? I think or the city mayor.
Oh I'm sure they drank tea.
Me: By old man I'm assuming you mean your commanding officer?
Soldier X: The General.
Me: Did the bomber just run out at you, or was he just standing beside the road?
Soldier X: No its a vehicle bomb sVbied he was driving past on the bridge.
Me: Did you seance something was wrong or did the explosion take you by surprise?
Soldier X: He would have been dead if we had.... oh wait he died anyways
Me: And no one but him was killed?
Soldier X: Yup.
Blew shit off walls a mile away too.
That used to be a Toyoda pickup. (In the pictures)
He used 4 artillery rounds
Me: Were you the one who took the pictures?
Soldier X: Nope we were at the meeting during clean up.
We never had to clean up our messes!
Me: If you could do anything different on that day what would it have been?
Soldier X: nothen.
Oh maybe not shot that ladies face.
Me: you shot a lady in the face?
Soldier X: shotgun round.
At least it wasn't a slug like we normally use.
Me: Was she a hostile?
Soldier X: Nope.
She was in a car that was coming at us.
We had set up a road block.
They came from around a bend and I guess couldn't see us in time or something.
Me: So she ran the road block and was fired upon?
Soldier X: Not really, But ya.
The shot was a warning.
Before the main gun.
Me: I take it she did not survive?
Soldier X: I don't know.
We left.
Like I said we never cleaned up.
But I think she was OK.
A.K.A. alive.
I don't think she took it that bad.
Me: Is there any final words you would like to add to this article?
Soldier X: Umm don't think so.

As I stated above Soldier X is a very good friend of mine. He is also a man I consider to be a hero. War is not fought by simply shooting at the guys shooting who at you anymore. In this day and age a soldier can never be sure who his enemy is. They must be prepared to take lives, And to give there own in any number of situations. I don't condone war but I hold the men and women who fight it In the highest of regards.
In posting this interview I hope to have showed what war can do, what it must do to those who fight it, and if anything why it needs to end.



I have left out the pictures in this reprint.