Grateful to John Kiriakou for the courage to have a conversation most people avoid.

Moral injury isn’t just trauma; it’s what happens when a system asks you to betray something fundamental within yourself, and you carry the cost of that obedience.

That kind of fracture doesn’t stay personal. It spreads into families, institutions, and culture.

Respect to John for naming what many have lived, but few are willing to say out loud.