About Paul Rockwell
Paul Rockwell, formerly assistant professor of philosophy at Midwestern State University in Texas, is a writer in the Bay Area and a columnist for In Motion Magazine and Common Dreams.
You May Kill Others Who Do Not Deserve To Die
By Paul Rockwell
While the Iraq war may have been sold as some deranged humanitarian mission to help the Iraqis, Paul Rockwell interviews soldiers who committed or witnessed acts of murder and torture against civilians.
"They opened fire on the prisoners with machine guns," Iraq war veteran Aidan Delgado told Paul Rockwell, of a protest at Abu Ghraib prison where he was stationed. "They shot twelve and killed three. I talked to one guy who did the killing. He showed me grisly photographs and bragged about the results ... I was stunned and said, 'You shot an unarmed man behind barbed wire for throwing a stone.' He said to me, 'Well, I said a prayer, and I gunned him down' ... He was the nicest guy, a family man, a courteous devout Christian."