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The Washington Post publishes the personal accounts of a young US solider stationed overseas near Baghdad and discovers a scary reality.

“The truth is, it wasn’t all I thought it was cracked up to be. I mean, I thought killing somebody would be this life-changing experience. And then I did it, and I was like, ‘All right, whatever.’ ” [...]

“I shot a guy who wouldn’t stop when we were out at a traffic checkpoint and it was like nothing,” he went on. “Over here, killing people is like squashing an ant. I mean, you kill somebody and it’s like ‘All right, let’s go get some pizza.’ “

I always considered death a unavoidable truth when it came to war. Reading about this particular soldiers thoughts concerning the matter sheds a whole new light on the idea of war. Continue reading and discover just how twisted things become.