VIDEO: Father of Soldier in Iraq 'Fratricide' Case Speaks

By GottaLaff

This is raw footage:



Thank you, BushCo, for making it possible for so many Americans to die, to have mental breakdowns, to go on tour after tour, pushing themselves beyond the breaking point. Thank you very much.

Let's hope President Obama gets us out of this fraudulent war/occupation in Iraq quickly and successfully, because all the heartbreak is excruciating:

In his first interview, and providing key details, William Russell, father of Sgt. John M. Russell, accused of killing five fellow soldiers in Iraq yesterday, revealed to a local North Texas TV reporter today that his son’s job in Iraq was an electronic technician who, among other things, used robots to detonate roadside bombs.

“He thought he was saving lives, thought he was doing some good,” John Russell said, in a raw, unedited video.

Referring to the treatment of his son at the stress clinic where the shootings took place, Russell said, “They don’t do the best job of taking care of the soldiers, both in the service and when they get out of the service, we know that. They use them.” He added: “They broke him. He thought his life was over.”

He also confirmed a report that his son was disarmed and sent away from the stress clinic after a “rhubarb” with others there, only to take a gun from a minder and return for the deadly shootout.

The father, of Grayson County, Texas, told KTEN TV, in the raw video posted at the station’s web site, that after the “rhubarb” they put Sgt. Russell “in a vehicle with a guy with a gun, and, well -- they'd trained him to kill -- and he took a gun” and returned to the clinic.

Russell said that his son, on his third tour of duty in Iraq, had told his wife just days ago that two officers had threatened him, calling May 5 and 6 “the two worst days of my life.”

He had been “scheduled for a stress test” and apparently felt that the military was attempting to “drum him out” of the service when this enlistment was up. “They broke him,” William Russell said over and over. "He didn’t know how to ask for help. When they go to the stress center and ask for help they belittle them because they ask for help." [...]

He said he hoped that the Pentagon and the president find out what really caused him to snap, but doubted the full story would come out because officers would cover up documents about his treatment by the clinic.

GottaCry.