Navy SEAL: "I Would Rather Die That Day" 😔
A Navy SEAL commander reflects on the Nisour Square incident in Baghdad, where he made the decision to engage after his team was attacked. He accepts full responsibility for the operation, acknowledges it resulted in multiple deaths and imprisoned team members, and expresses deep regret, stating he would rather have died than witness the consequences his choices inflicted on his soldiers.
Summary
The speaker, a Navy SEAL group commander, recounts events from the Nisour Square incident, referred to as 'Bloody Sunday' in Baghdad. He describes witnessing a large black column of smoke and an explosion, after which he extracted his team to a checkpoint. His tactical commander, Corey Wainscott (who later died), asked what they should do after their team was attacked. The speaker recalls being presented with an internal choice: a voice warned him that aggression would bring trouble, but he chose the more aggressive option anyway, as was his pattern. He was positioned in the third truck and made the decision to engage. The commander takes full responsibility for the operation and its outcomes. When asked if he believes it was a wrong decision, he affirms it was, given how severely it has impacted lives. He expresses profound remorse, stating he would rather have died that day than endure witnessing his team members go to prison for life as a result of his tactical choice. He describes the experience as creating a state of eternal psychological torture for him as a commander who must bear responsibility for the loss of life and the imprisonment of his soldiers.
Key Insights
- The speaker received an internal warning before making the aggressive decision, hearing 'If you do this, there will be trouble,' but proceeded anyway because he habitually chose more aggressive options
- The speaker, as group commander in the third truck, takes full responsibility for the decision to engage that resulted in multiple deaths
- The speaker considers the decision wrong specifically because of how severely it has affected lives, including team members sentenced to prison for life
- The speaker expresses that he would rather have died that day than experience watching his soldiers go to prison due to his command choices
- The speaker describes his ongoing psychological state as eternal torture, distinguishing between the difficulty of losing team members in combat versus the burden of knowing team members are imprisoned because of his decisions
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Transcript
[0:00] the day the incident happened in Nisour Square, "Bloody Sunday" in Baghdad as it's called, with the four guys you brought here. I saw a big black column of smoke, and a bomb exploded. I took the boys out. We reached the checkpoint, and Corey Wainscott, who later died, was my tactical commander. He said, "Hey, what do you want to do? Our team was attacked." And I knew if I said "we're stepping up," it would all be over. A voice told me: " If you do this, there will be trouble." I said, " Come on, go ahead." because I always chose the more aggressive option. That's when hell began, and that's when many lives were changed…
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