The longer the US military occupies Iraq where it is not wanted and should never have gone, the more pressure on our troops and the increase in the health problem known as shell shock or PTSD. 

It also results in the damage of individual moral and ethical compasses which leads to acts of inhumanity.

The latest news comes from LATimes blog, Babylon and Beyond via Cursor.org: "At an Article 32 preliminary hearing Thursday for Marine Sgt. Ryan Weemer, above, he and Sgt. Jermaine Nelson were heard on taped interviews telling how they and a third Marine killed four prisoners during the battle for Fallouja in late 2004.

"It was some of the most graphic (and profane) testimony heard at one of the many hearings at Camp Pendleton involving allegations of misconduct in Iraq.

"Weemer, 25, and Nelson, 26, face murder charges in the military system; former Sgt. Jose Nazario, 27, is charged with manslaughter in federal court in Riverside.

"Nelson, in an interview with a Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent, said that Nazario told him, 'I'm not doing this [expletive] all my myself. You're doing one and Weemer is doing one.'

"Nelson added that he watched as Nazario shot a handcuffed prisoner at point-blank range. 'He hit the dude in the forehead, the dude went down, and there was blood ... all over his [Nazario's] boots.'

" 'Then it was Weemer's turn, Nelson said, to kill a prisoner with his service pistol: 'He shot him and the dude was on the ground and rolling, and [Weemer] was shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting.'

"In a job interview with the Secret Service, Weemer is heard saying that there were several instances of Marines killing prisoners during the fight for Fallouja. His comments during the 2006 interview sparked the investigation that led to criminal charges against the three.

"After the preliminary hearing, the hearing officer will recommend to Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland whether the case should go to a court-martial.

"During his interview, Nelson said that he had been bothered by the killings and seen the faces of the dead prisoners in his dreams.". 

The torture loving Bushite regime and its illegal pre-emptive invasion and occupation of Iraq based on lies is culpable of war crimes and has horrendously damaged the US military.