Make no mistake about it, this is a direct result not only of illegal invasion and occupation but of the bush/cheney policies that took us there and the insanity of politicians like Lindsey Graham and John McCain and all the other Republican candidates for the nomination in 2008.

From the first link:

Lopezromo said a procedure called “dead-checking” was routine. If Marines entered a house where a man was wounded, instead of checking to see whether he needed medical aid, they shot him to make sure he was dead, he testified.

“If somebody is worth shooting once, they’re worth shooting twice,” he said.

And the panicked chatter in the video at the second link from Huckleberry Graham, who is looking and sounding more and more like a deranged serial killer version of Mr. Rogers, is truly pathetic.