Word: cortez
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...Over several hours and several conferences, they went back and forth on whether to do it or not. Barker was pushing hard, and Green was game, but Cortez was waffling. Finally Cortez said, "No, f___ it, this is crazy. F___ this. There is no way we are doing this...
...they played, got drunker and drunker. Cortez later rated their level of intoxication at 6 or 7 on a scale of 10. Barker said he felt about the equivalent of having 6 to 8 beers...
...that!" Cortez exclaimed, "Don't do it while I'm here. I'm supposed to be running this s___. I don't want to get in trouble...
...better idea," he said. "We've all killed hadjis," Barker said, using an epithet common among soldiers for Iraqis, "but I've been here twice and I still never f___ed one of these bitches." Cortez's interest was piqued. They talked about it, the three of them, semiseriously but somewhat distractedly as they did other things throughout the rest of the morning. Sometimes Barker and Cortez would confer privately, sometimes Green and Barker would, and sometimes all three of them would talk...
During one of the rounds, Cortez popped up and said, "F___ it, we are going to do this thing." He outlined the mission and he divvied up the duty assignments just like a legit patrol. He and Barker would take the girl, Green would kill the rest of the family, Spielman would pull guard and Howard would stay back and man the radio. He told everyone to grab their rifles and get ready to head...