... For example, the one on my right forearm is the first half of the first amendment of the UN Declaration of Human Rights in Arabic. That has to do with a specific event in Iraq where I had to defend an innocent civilian against bigotry from a member of our own forces who had been harrassing this individual simply because he was Iraqi and didn't speak english. When you're staring down the barrell of an M-16 with a round in the chamber, off safety, being held by someone who is supposed to protect you in combat, it tends to have an effect on you.