I love my country. Every day I wake up and am grateful for the freedom and opportunities it offers me. And every day I am ashamed of the atrocities committed in the name of my country. Thousands of men, women, and children have died or been maimed to satisfy the hubris and greed and outright stupidity of our leaders. War is a last resort not a means to an end. We will pay the price for this for generations to come and rightfully so.