US in Iraq to "out-terrorise the terrorists".

Army specialist Ethan McCord (right) was at the scene of the extermination of 12 innocent Iraqis and two Reuters journalists three years ago in a Baghdad suburb, a video of which was released by WikiLeaks a few weeks ago. He and another former soldier named Josh Stieber have co-written a 'letter of reconciliation' to those injured in the attack.

McCord and Stieber do more than prove their decency as human beings with the letter. They provide harrowing insight into their jobs as soldiers in Iraq.

In a BBC interview, McCord said he enlisted to go to Iraq and help the Iraqi people:

I was living in a fairytale, obviously. Our job was not to protect the Iraqi people, it was more along the lines to out-terrorise the terrorists.

You'd be hard-pressed to find a more damning indictment of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq.