The oft missed moral side, and the battles therein

I relive an earlier walk through the intensive-care unit of the 47th Combat Support Hospital in Mosul, Iraq, where I work. A new patient has arrived, lying with his chest exposed and his vital signs electronically monitored.

He is ill, and we are taking care of him, but he is different from most of our patients. He lies in bed with a bandanna covering his eyes, not a bandage. At the foot of the bed are two young American soldiers with weapons in hand.

They look at me as I look at our patient, a “bad guy” for sure, as our Iraqi interpreter calls them. He is an insurgent.
(The News Tribune)
HT: Andrew Sullivan

This essay provides a point of view often missed by our onlookers. The view is from one of our military caretakers; those who treat not only our injured, but their's as well.