Excerpts from Army Maj. Gen. Eldon A. Bargewell's report on the Haditha incident (the killing of innocents).
Statements made by the chain of command during interviews for this investigation, taken as a whole, suggest that Iraqi civilian lives are not as important as U.S. lives, their deaths are just the cost of doing business, and that the Marines need to get 'the job done' no matter what it takes.
These comments had the potential to desensitize the Marines to concern for the Iraqi populace and portray them all as the enemy even if they are noncombatants.
Yet the Military says we cannot win in Iraq without winning the "hearts and mind" of the people.
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