None of my problems come from the people I've killed.

I thought I should be stronger than was possible.

Decades of Saddam’s rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one.

It's not a problem taking out someone who wants your people dead. That's not a problem at all.

In the end, my story, in Iraq and afterward, is about more than just killing people or even fighting for my country. It's about being a man. And it's about love as well as hate.

I'm just trying to be the me that I am and not all of this other crap. I just want to be the family man, and if somehow I can make the money to get my ranch and get the hell away from everybody else, that would be awesome.

I'm a better husband and father than I was a killer.