Last week, dad had to go see our accountant about some business stuff. Our accountant, David, is a super nice guy about my age. Pop said he was acting all nervous. He then told pop his brother had been killed in Iraq the night before.
Later that day we see some of the newsclips on tv about the 4 civilian contractors who were brutalized after they were dead. I was thinking his brother was one of the military killed by the roadside bomb the same day.
Well, I was thumbing thru newsweek this morning. They had photos of the bodies being played with. Some 12 year old looking boys were pulling and throwing around a badly burned mangled corpse. All had smiles of pure joy on their faces. Another photo showed part of a body being hung from the bridge.
I flipped open our local paper and see a piece about "Veteran with local ties killed in Iraq" hmm, must be Davids brother I think. I start reading about Mike teague of Clarksville tennessee. A man with a wife and 16 year old son. Active in his sons baseball. Active in church and just an all around good man. He was a 12 year veteran of the army. Served in Grenada, Panama, served as a bodyguard to a colonel in Afghanistan where he recieved a bronze star. He was apparently working for blackwater security service when their two vehicles were attacked by thugs, killed, mutilated and their bodies played with like toys.
Man if this happened to my brother i dont know if I could handle it. Being killed in action is one thing, but being treated like this is something else. The photos in newsweek could very possibly be of this man. Until we're more brutal, savage and scarey as these fools I dont see us winning against fundamental extremists. Maybe I'm wrong.
