Comments by "Baresi-Unico-Capitano" (@recruitmentch) on "" video.
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My Grandparents used to tell me how my great grandparents were enjoying a lovely summer's afternoon in their village. All of a sudden, these 'big birds' appear out of nowhere. This was in the 1920's, and the British government had secretly allowed the RAF to hone their skills for battle by using Kurdish villages in modern day Iraq as target practice AKA to 'crush a rebellion by the Kurds who aspire for independence'.
My great grandparents had never seen aeroplanes before, so these poor people were just naively sat looking up without any knowledge of the terror that was about to unfold. Suddenly bombs began falling, and my great granddad ended up losing a brother and a cousin. Only to then find out that the people bombing them were the very same people who'd be welcomed in the village with fresh fruits, and tea as us Kurds were usually the friends of the British. Years later, I came across a documentary regarding the bombings of Kurdish and Waziri villages, and I couldn't believe that the journalists were asking the pilots if they felt guilty for what they did. Almost putting the blame on the pilots, even though they of course were not the decision makers. I remember one pilot saying he felt terrible about it all, as the Kurds were civilised, welcoming, and never caused us any problems.
Your government sends these soldiers, and in many cases they're badly informed into war. Many are either oblivious to who's lives they're destroying. They go home feeling guilty, once they end up finding out who is bad and who is actually good, or when the fallout from their involvement ends up being a bad one. You as the British people need to stand up and put a stop to this. I know it is your government, but it gives you such a woeful image. A child should be told happy stories. He/she should've grown up either living or visiting his ancestral village. I didn't. My grandparents had to move to the city, because you destroyed our villages. And for what? Nothing other than to control Iraq's resources and pillage it. Money again chosen ahead of humanity and human life.
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