'No way there's a God,' a Marine home from Iraq said before killing himself

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 11:27 AM Share

Chris McDonald, a Marine reservist who came home a mess from Iraq, told his father that the things he had seen there were so bad, "There's no way there's a God." He eventually shot himself dead.

Sometimes there is so much pain.

Todd South of the Chattanooga Times Free Press did the heartbreaking story. South is a former Marine, by the way.

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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