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GUEST: Stan Goff, author of “Hideous Dream: A Soldier’s Memoir of the US Invasion of Haiti,” “Full Spectrum Disorder,” and his latest, “Sex and War.” He is a retired Special Forces master sergeant, and the father of an active duty soldier.

President Bush made his first public comment about the Haditha massacre yesterday. He says he’s troubled by the allegations that U.S. Marines killed unarmed Iraqi civilians and that if laws were broken, “there will be punishment.” The massacre took place in the Western Iraqi city of Haditha last November after a group of Marines apparently reacted to their fellow soldiers being killed by a roadside bomb. At least 24 unarmed Iraqi men, women, and children are known to have been killed, some of them execution-style. Some independent reporters like Dahr Jamail claim that the Haditha massacre is not unique – Iraqis routinely report abuse and murder by US soldiers. On today’s program we hear from retired Special Forces master sergeant, Stan Goff about what motivates soldiers to kill, how the culture of the US military encourages killing, and the relationship between gender and war. It’s the subject of his newest book, Sex and War. In the book, Goff draws from his personal experiences in Delta Force, the US Rangers, and Special Operations, in countries such as Somalia, Haiti, Panama, South Korea, Columbia, and Guatemala. He also has an active duty son in the Army in Iraq. Goff is deeply influenced by feminist writers such as Patricia Williams, bell hooks, and Chandra Mohanty. Stan Goff’s earlier books include “Hideous Dream: A Soldier’s Memoir of the US Invasion of Haiti,” and “Full Spectrum Disorder.” Recently Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with him about “Sex and War.”

Read Stan Goff’s blog at www.stangoff.com.