He was in the army. Then he realized that, as a Christian, he couldn't kill. An Iraq vet grapples with conscience and war.
By Logan Mehl-Laituri
"In January 2010, the number of soldiers who committed suicide exceeded the number of soldiers killed by enemy fire in Iraq and Afghanistan combined....Moral Injury...is the "lasting psychological, biological, spiritual, behavioral, and social impact of perpetrating, failing to prevent, or bearing witness to acts that transgress deeply held moral beliefs and expectations." Read the whole article: here
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