Ashes of the Wake

We killed a lot of innocent civilians.

To us every civilian in Baghdad was a terrorist.

They said "they are now in civilian clothes" that makes everybody free game

But if they came in our perimeter

we lit 'em up.

And when we would pull the body out

and when we would search the car

we would find nothing.

This took place time and time again. No harm

no foul

that's okay

don't worry about it

Because this is a new type of war

this is an eradication.

I honestly feel we're committing genocide over here

I don't believe in killing civilians

and I'm not going to kill civilians for the United States Marine Corps.