 How's the platoon ragged worn out fates. He's gung-ho as ever We lost Fisher just a few days before I left I heard so how's it going? Good lonely dreams You know, I had that captured one the other night I Dream I'm lost in a desert. I find this beautiful green garden. It's funny. I Could see it so vividly the colors the Sparkle the water in the palm well, so how's it going with the hole? You know that they're not seeing thing What do you think? You want a drink? Sure How do you find listen? I brought you something. It's an article about the firefight In a description of what happened? It came out in the New York Times. It's got a description of the woman. I Heard about it. I Like to know a little more about the woman. Oh I can read it to you like Thanks for the drink. Honestly, it doesn't really panic a very good picture of what we're doing there But you know it does describe the woman very well. She's got quite a face. What? describe her well She's got hazel eyes She wears a shawl over her head Honestly, she's just got the most intense gaze. It's It's disarming Is she smiling? No frowning It's suspicious. Honestly, I says here that she's got two daughters She had a young boy that died in infancy Couldn't stand to see you suffering any longer. So she rushed in To smother the flames out from your face and she put down her toddler in the middle of all this. I dream about her sometimes It's the most wonderful dream. She sits down beside me at the garden We laugh and We play with the two little girls Do you guys talk together? No, she just says one thing to me. She looks into my eyes And she says Sadaqi Friend. She's so happy you're here. You have no idea how long she's waiting for you You know she never forgave me for sneaking you out and It seemed best at the time, but You know her father were already in prison and I just thought it's the best way to keep you safe. Here you go More bubbly to your return So I Have been speaking to the dean at the anniversary and she says that there is an opening Position in the medical school in your area They'll be perfect for you Maria You are going to have a wealth of opportunity here. You can give back to your country Maria Lenny Maria Louise Maria, I know it's not an easy choice for you. But darling Maria I can't you have a duty to your homeland Think of how proud father will be I mean I would love to but That was bothersome isn't it? We should have a chance to know about it. We never all had a fair chance like this to be together It should never happen Never never never Start this Maria. Why did you do it Lenny? You took my baby sister for me rip her for me Yeah, you know what the situation was. You know what the situation was don't start this not in front of Ellie Maria I have a life somewhere else. I can't just leave it. It's your fault Lenny You did this Maria. Stop it. I want you to come back with me. Oh to that country. Oh Never I'll never move there. It is evil. I will always say here my homeland. I Love it. I I support it and it's me and it's you Eliana stop this It's your fault Lenny Traitor Traitor Eliana Stop it. You're completely out of control. She put her heart and soul into this country She made it better though, you know her poetry held her together Sustained her she sustained all of us not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. I Pity the exiles lot Like a felon Like a man half-dead Dark is your path wanderer Wormwood infrecks your foreign bread But here we the survivors do not flinch We are the people without tears Straighter than you and more proud. I am not one of those who left the land Give me a one. Give me a one. Come on a one. That's all I need. Just roll that Give me a one. Come on, please Okay, okay pipe down. This is an important role. All right, the game's on the line here, right darling Right, mr. Perkins, whatever you say gotta build up some heat in these babies. Just roll good grief I'll take as long as I want Fine Hey, stop that. What are you doing guys? Come on? It's just a game We're having a great evening. Let's just get on with it. Okay. All right. All right. I'll roll a one and a five It worked it worked it worked shit Now as much as I hate you, I'll use the wand to take you home and this five Oh now we're not gonna flip over the board. Are we? He's got this tendency all through childhood. He's a board flipper Finishing move dad's darling soon. Okay, okay Need a four or five both to be even better Just roll yes, oh yes. Oh, it feels so good victory Thank you darling. You've done great service to humanity. I'll try not to hold it against you What do you mean what do you do you send him back you move your piece for Zending back here. I'll do it all of my own pieces. Thank you. I believe that it's within your right Darling just learning you know dad remember. This is your first game Just trying to speed things along Maybe peaceful honey, which one? that But I don't have to do I can move this one for and move the other one three Let's see six here. That's one of your pieces back to start. Sorry, mr. Perkins Let's see. Where was I that gives me another 20 to play with Plus the two and six on the other side Oh Perkins back to start again gives me another 20. That's 42 all together Yes, this is working out quite well Now I wonder if I should leave this piece here just to keep it interesting You are dangerously close. You told me you didn't know how to play by cheesy. Where'd you learn? No, I don't think so better move this one along. Where'd you learn? Well, isn't it interesting? I learned from watching YouTube. Oh Oh, yeah, well I quit Why is it the first easy always brings out the worst in people? I don't have any idea But if I did darling, I wouldn't want to play anymore. Why is that it would take all the fun out of it? Hello again, this is Chris you bear with KFP television. We're in Cleveland Ohio at the home of Jane Rogers We are with for honored American war veterans of the Iraq war including Would you please introduce yourselves and say where you're from? Jane Rogers from Cleveland Marshall Soto from Montrose, Colorado test bar milk corn Nevada very Anderson from Williamson, West Virginia They are sharing with us their experiences in Iraq a unique decision. They made together While they were there before you tell us about the pack You tell us a little bit more about your time in Iraq He described us what it was like to go and raise into the neighborhoods of Baghdad Well, we'd get these false leads about going into right of house. Yeah, false leads. They guess weren't true. We didn't know Yeah, we started making jokes about every time we read a house we radio in saying 32 Portland Yeah, we found a master's session smash windows and break down doors Oh, we probably refused careful kids a woman or an old man Old man let out this blood-curdling scream like he was really scared terrified Weren't you tracking down the enemy? You know memories can linger People you know can haunt you like ghosts We didn't know the language. We'd write their houses a lot of times. We didn't even find any guns or explosives We weren't trained like we were CIA You know how to interrogate or like detectives. Yes, one on and on then about eight months in the tour of our duty We decided to start talking about giving back Giving back Yeah, I think it was Barry. He says, you know, we should join the Peace Corps after this It was sort of laughing about it. We all laughed You have to understand we were really burning out the fear coming up the Iraqis was palpable We felt more and more like we were their enemies and not their friends Yeah, at one point I was ordered to help with an interrogation I was supposed to keep this Iraqi man standing his nose was right up against the stone wall He had trouble standing but my sergeant in charge told me to keep him upright I think the guy's leg was injured Then the sergeant comes in and smashes him against the wall several times After he leaves I see there's blood pouring out from under the bag. That's over his head, you know Then the officer comes back in and I'm whispering to the guy urging him to get up That's when I realized that I wasn't protecting us from him. I was protecting him from us Tell us about the pack. It's simple We just all agree that we wanted to give back after our tour of duty was over Slogical. Totally. The Peace Corps seemed like a good place to do it. You just helped balance things out The US put billions into this war. You know how much money goes into Peace Corps each year It's budgets a little over 300 million. You know 300 millions equivalent to? What? What the US spent going to see the Titanic So that is the pack. Do you know where you're going? Which countries? I'm going to Madagascar not with the Peace Corps, but with the United Nations volunteers You bury? I'll go into this little country between the Ukraine and Romania called the Republic of Moldova I have a job with Vista volunteers here in the US And you Marshall? I Still got another year left at college majoring in engineering focusing on small-scale water supplies after that. I'm going to Latin America What will you do in those places? Mostly listen water conservation ask questions hrb8 awareness plant trees teach math ecology small-scale business Hope a midwife and Listen and listen Do what we can How's the platoon? Ragged worn out Bates is gung-ho as ever We lost Fisher a few days before I left. I heard How are you? good Dreams last night. I had the captured one. I dream I'm lost in the desert Find a beautiful green garden Funny I can see it so vividly the colors The sparkle of the water in the pond How's it gone? you know with Not seeing What do you think? Yeah, do you want a drink? sure Can I help? No I do fine Listen, I have something for you It's an article about the fire fight and what happened It appeared in the New York Times There's a description of the rescue and an interview with the woman. I Heard about it. I'd like to know more about the woman. I can read it to you Thanks He doesn't paint a very good picture, but we're doing over there, but the woman is described well Tell me what? Describe her her eyes pierced through you their hazel she has the most intense gaze It's disarming Is she smiling? No perhaps frowning Suspicious says she's married and has two daughters She had a boy who died in infancy It says she couldn't bear to see you suffering So she put down her toddler in order to rush in And smother the flames around your face I dream about her It's an amazing dream She sits down beside me by the pond We laugh together and play with their little girls talk together No just one thing She looks into my eyes and says Siddiqui Give me a one. Give me a one. That's all I need is a one dad. Just roll play me a one. Come on, please Dad roll Okay, okay, right down the game's on the line here Right, darling Build up a little heat knees babies before I Roll good Hey stop that. What are you doing? Hey, it's just a game. Come on. Let's just get on the game We're supposed to be having fun. Come on Just just roll. All right. All right. I'll roll A one in a five. It worked. It worked. It worked! Shit As much as I hate to I can use the one to send you home and the pot We're not gonna flip the board over are we? He's got that tendency all too childhood. He's a bored flipper finish your move dad. It's a Darlene's turn Okay Okay Get him Darlene you need a four or a five both would be even better. Can I pray? Just roll Darlene Thank you Darlene you've done a great service to humanity I'll try not to hold it against you. Oh, so what should I do now? What do you do now is you send him back you move your guy for and you send him back Here I'll do Hey, I'm with mom pieces. Thank you very much. I believe you have the right Darlene's just learning remember dad. This is her first game. I'm just trying to keep things moving along Move the piece of the board honey, which one? Yeah, but I don't have to do I see I can move the other four and the other three Let's see six here. That puts one of your pieces back to start. Sorry, Mr. Perkins Now let's see that gives me another 20 to play with in addition to the other six and the two on the other side That's 42 all together Um Let's see I think I move this little I leave this little piece here You're dangerously close You told me you didn't know how to play for cheesy. Where did you learn? Where do you learn wasn't funny I learned from watching you two Yeah Well, I Don't have any ideas darling, but if I did I don't think I'd want to play why is that? It takes all the fun out of it again. This is christie bearer can't be told We're including a while at the home of Jane Rogers. We're with free honors American War veterans of the Iraq War including Would you please introduce yourself and say where you're from? Jane Rogers from Cleveland, Ohio Marshall Soto from on Rose, Colorado Bear Anderson from Williamson, West Virginia They're sharing with us their experiences in Iraq and you need decision to meet together Kind of packed I guess while they're there Before you tell us about the pack you tell us a little bit more about your time in Iraq You just led us what it was like to go on raids into the neighborhoods of Baghdad Well, we get these false leads about going into a raid in the house Yeah They were just not sure Yeah, we slap about it Every time we get radio in we radio in saying to the mass destruction Smash windows and break down doors. No, I would find was a few little kids and a woman or an old man One old man looked out of his blood curdling screen like he was really scared Terrified Tracking down the enemy memories can linger people you knew can fall you're on like ghosts We didn't know the language All we would do is you know every time we would just find we wouldn't even find guns or explosives It's not like we were trained like we were CIA or detectives. We didn't know how to interrogate This went on and on Then about eight months into our tour We started talking about Giving back giving back. I think it was it was Barry says, you know what? Soon as we're done here. We should join the Peace Corps Yeah, he was sort of laughing about it, but we all laughed about it You have to understand we are really burning out The fear from coming from the Iraqis was popular. We are feeling more and more like they were our enemies We're less like their friends One point I was ordered to help out an interrogation. I was ordered to keep the Iraqi man standing My sergeant He had to stand right up against the stone wall He um, he had trouble standing. I think his leg was injured They were my officer came in you start mass fashion smashing the guy's basins of the wall again and again and again Then when he was done All you could see was just the The blood Pouring out from underneath the bag. You know the one I was over his head. I just Then when the officer came in I could just whisper to the guy get up God damn it get up That's when I realized Protecting us from him Faster protecting him from us Tell us about the pack It's simple really we just decided we wanted to get back when our tour was over It's logical Totally the US puts billions into this war. You know much they put in the Peace Corps each year It's budget so over 300 million no it's ran our millions equivalent to What the US spent going to the Titanic? So that is the pack you know where you're going which countries Yeah, I'm going to Madagascar now with the Peace Corps with United Nations volunteers You bury I'm going to this little country between the Ukrainian Romania. It's called the Republic of Medova and You Marshall I still gonna that you left to college. I'm a majoring in engineering focusing on small water Small-scale water supplies. That's that I'm going to Latin America What were you doing those places? Mostly listen ask questions water conservation Take trees listen Ask questions teach math Help out HIV and AIDS awareness. We're going to plant some trees lots of trees