The Virginian-Pilot and PilotOnline.com from March 16-20 are presenting The Iraq War: Five Years, a series on the war and its impact in Hampton Roads.
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I hate this war
I hate this war and all the lies and deception that lead up to it.
Let the Soldiers Speak
“The men I served with are professionals,” Reppenhagen told the audience at a panel of U.S. veterans speaking of their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, “They went to Iraq to defend the U.S. But we found rapidly we were killing Iraqis in horrible ways. But we had to in order to remain safe ourselves. The war is the atrocity.”
The event, which has drawn international media attention, was organised by Iraq Veterans Against the War. It aims to show that their stories of wrongdoing in both countries were not isolated incidents limited to a few “bad apples”, as the Pentagon claims, but were everyday occurrences.
Reppenhagen served in Iraq from February 2004-2005 in the city of Baquba, 40 kms northeast of Baghdad. He said his first experience in Iraq was being on a patrol that killed two Iraqi farmers as they worked in their field at night.
“I was told they were out in the fields farming because their pumps only operated with electricity, which meant they had to go out in the dark when there was electricity,” he explained, “I asked the sergeant, if he knew this, why did he fire on the men. He told me because the men were out after curfew. I was never given a
ALL the POW's that were
ALL the POW's that were rescued with him have attributed their survival to CWO Williams. Even in the recue photos he is seen shuffling the enlisted first to safety. All reports have indicated that he performed outstanding in captivity by motivating his fellow POWs, putting their concerns before his own with reassurances, alligning preparations for rescue, and maintaining a code of conduct amongst his enlisted that is paramount with captivity. It is awesome that CWO Williams gets to teach young pilots his personal experiences and most of all, is able to kiss his family again. If anyone knows his mother, a Chesapeake vice detective, it is not hard to figure out where he got his courage from. God bless you Mr. Williams, I hug my daughter daily and thank the lord I have guys like you on my side.