Skit 6 - Lowkey

I tried hard to be proud of my service, but all I could feel was shame

Racism could no longer mask the reality of the occupation

These were people, these were human beings

I’ve since been plagued by guilt, any time I see an elderly man

Like the one who couldn’t walk, who we rolled onto a stretcher, and told the

Iraqi police to take him away

I feel guilt anytime I see a mother with her children, like the one who cried

hysterically

And screamed that we’re worse than Saddam

As we forced her from her home

I feel guilt anytime I see a young girl

Like the one I grabbed by the arm, and dragged into the street

We were told we were fighting terrorists…

The real terrorist was me, and the real terrorism was this occupation

Racism within the military has long been an important tool to justify the

destruction and occupation of another country

It has long been used to justify the killing, subjugation and torture of

another people

Racism is a vital weapon employed by this government

It is a more important weapon than a rifle, a tank, a bomber, or a battleship

It is more destructive than an artillery shell, or a bunker buster,

or tomahawk missile

While all those weapons are created and owned by this government

They are harmless without people willing to use them

Those who send us to war, do not have to pull the trigger, or lob a mortar round

They do not have to fight the war, they merely have to sell the war

They need a public who’s willing to send their soldiers into harm’s way

They need soldiers who are willing to kill and be killed, without question

They can spend millions on a single bomb

But that bomb only becomes a weapon when the ranks of the military are willing

to follow orders to use it

They can send every last soldier anywhere on Earth, but there will only be a

war, if soldiers are willing to fight