Larken, as a former US combat "Thug", I could do nothing but cry while reading this in pieces. Thats the only way i could get through this article. Even though I myself never engaged in such evil, or even witnessed it by other soldiers, i know that such things have happened.
All I could picture is myself defending that girl as though it was my own daughter. I am very thankful that I woke up to the crimes of my former bosses several years ago and now i fight to spread truth and freedom, same as you. By the way, we are facebook friends, and I read all of your posts. Thank you!
I say this often, but it's never enough: Whenever someone has been through the indoctrination routine that members of the military are put through, and STILL manages to end up moral and rational, that hugely impressed me. Thank you for being strong enough that your humanity over-ruled the authoritarian bullshit.
You have me in tears for the first time while reading SteemIt......and it was the damn comments section at that. I cannot express what these words mean to me, but thank you.
Thank you, Larken, for being a bastion of light and common sense in an insane world!