Veterans Describe Killing during Wartime | On Killing: Season 1 | Cut
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Published 2015-11-10
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We asked people to describe the act of killing someone. These are their stories.
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About this video:
We asked veterans to talk about what it was like to kill someone.
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Thank you to the veterans who shared their story:
Lonnie
Lance
Josh
Dan
Jonathan
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All Comments (21)
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The old man who said " I blasted him " He definitely got flashbacks. Yea, you can see it from his reaction
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“They’re not real people, they’re just targets” Damn
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If you meet a combat veteran and don’t know them really well, don’t ask if they’ve killed someone. It’s deeply personal to them and classless of the questioner.
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My older brother was in Vietnam. The last time we saw him, the real him, was when he left on that bus. He was never the same when he returned home. Nightmares, bouts of anger, depression, his life was a living hell. We lost him 2 yrs ago from cancer. Your finally at peace my brother. You deserve precious peace. Love you and miss you every day. ❤️
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“war is young men dying and old men talking” - FDR
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The old guy with glasses isn’t just retelling the story, he’s re-living it.
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My grandfather fought at the Spanish Civil War. One day I asked him if he had ever killed someone. He stared at me with infinite sadness in his eyes and he just said: 'I would prefer dying before fighting another war'. We didn't talk about it any more. I miss him.
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The old man with the glasses touched my heart. “They’re not people they’re just targets”. These are the humans our government brings home and asks to work in fast food restaurants etc.. imagine killing men and being trained to see humans as targets then coming home to be talked down to by some Burger King manager.
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A veteran came to my school and one of the younger kids asked him, "Did you kill someone?" And he said, "Yes and I wished the bullet missed." Then he started crying
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“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” ― Plato
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"What death looks like is nothing." Lonnie nailed it. I've got 3 deployments to Afghanistan as an infantryman. It's weird because we normally don't talk about this ever. Seeing these guys share this stuff is intense.
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The silence before lonnie said “I blasted him…” and the face was just dead empty and it gave me goosebumps
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Watching that old man hit me hard. “There is a body there, but there is nothing at all there”
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"I blasted'em...Silhouettes, not real people, just targets" My god, that was deep man
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The way Lonnie describes the scene, convincing himself that it was definitely the enemy, reliving that faithful moment, stopping for a few seconds...it just makes me cry. The way he looks. Something in him died that day.
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"Thinking of peace whilst spilling blood is something only humans can do"- Madara Uchiha
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When the old man said "They're not real people, they're just targets.." it sounded like it wasn't really part of what he told us, but more so something he just tells himself to be able to cope with having shot and killed someone.
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“It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away everything he's got and everything he's ever gonna have.”
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2:45 that's powerful look how he pauses recalling it all back. His eyes tell the entire story
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Listen man, that guy with the glasses is battling heavy demons. I can tell he’s a hard man, but I also know why. When he said it was him against whoever, he was just fighting to live, I felt that one. Hope he finds peace.
