Candid Talk on Afghan War

[ej510]

Run time: 03:03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQYIkdAwNKY   Posted on YouTube: October 06, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 08, 2009 By DU Member: ej510 Views on DU: 478

 
These people want us out, and we cannot afford to stay there for human life and financial reasons. We have to get the hell out of the middle east.

[Grassy Knoll]

1. I most certainly would not want my life on the line.....

...For fucking bragging rights. END THE BUSH WAR NOW !

[ej510]

2. These people will fight in the middle east forever.

We have to make the decision for them.

[annm4peace]

3. Let us support the Troops who have the Courage to Resist

http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/view/748/119 /

In the past few years, tens of thousands of service members have resisted illegal war and occupation in a number of different ways—by going AWOL, seeking conscientious objector status and/or a discharge, asserting the right to speak out against injustice from within the military, and for a relative few, publicly refusing to fight.

While there are those who would like to dismiss war resisters as "cowards," the reality is that it takes exceptional courage to resist unjust, illegal, and/or immoral orders. For many resisters, it was their first-hand experiences as occupation troops that compelled them to take a stand. For others, "doing the right thing" and acting out of conscience began to outweigh their military training in obedience.

Although the efforts of Courage to Resist are primarily focused on supporting public GI resisters, the organization also strives to provide political, emotional, and material support to all military objectors critical of our government's current policies of empire. As a grassroots project with limited resources, Courage to Resist nevertheless has a record of successfully working with many resisters and their families in raising the needed funds for civilian legal representation as well as public education campaigns.

Courage to Resist believes in "informed resistance." It's important for service members contemplating public resistance to have a basic understanding of both the benefits and consequences of doing so, particularly in the context of the very arbitrary military discipline and justice systems.

Those who decide to resist while in the military have powerful stories to tell about how they came to the decision to take a stand. Courage to Resist makes a special effort to work with resisters to tell their stories, in their own words and from their own unique perspectives. We publish those stories on our website, as well as arrange media interviews and public speaking engagements.




For help getting out of the military, or related military issues, call the new GI Rights Hotline number at 877-447-4487. Free, confidential, and accurate info for troops, vets, recruits, and their families

[ej510]

4. I never heard of that site before. Thanx!