“Nobody ever talks about killing. If we are ever to take care of these guys must look at the whole picture. These guys feel personally responsible for killing.”
“I read something in the news [two years ago] about the lack of body armor available [to soldiers in Iraq]. I knew the American people knew very little about this, [but] I felt that if the American people did know, they would be very alarmed. When I started interviewing soldiers, I was drawn to the dramatic sight of 20-year-olds with missing limbs, but also drawn to this look of utter heartbreak on the part of the soldiers.”
“They come home and we say, 'get over it, you're fine.' I think the way we train these guys is significant. Now we really have to take care of them...”
