Story of an American Soldier in Iraq

Video of the statement of the soldier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPxTtvr5N58&feature=player_embedded

“Our real enemy is not living in a distant land, whose names or policies do not understand the real enemy is a system that makes war when it is profitable, managers throw us out of our jobs when it is profitable, the Insurers that deny us health care when it is profitable to the banks that take away our homes when it is profitable. Our enemies are not hundreds of miles away. They are here in front of us.

“Racism within the military has long been a tool to justify the destruction and occupation of another country. It has long been used to justify the killings, subjugation and torture of other people. The weapon is a fundamental recismo used by this government. “

Mike participated in a panel that discussed the mismanagement of the U.S. military in Iraq and the practice of murder, torture, abuse and derogatory treatment of civilians. In the same table, Andrew Duffy gave evidence of incidents in which they were denied medical care for Iraqi detainees desperately in need of treatment. And Mike Prysner describes a mission in which he participated with his unit, where the Iraqis were forced to abandon half dozen houses, without compensation, to be used by the U.S. Army.

In a letter to Michael Moore, in 2003, from Iraq, wrote:

“I’ve broken down statues and portraits, while wearing an American flag on my sleeve, and struggling to learn to understand. I joined the army as the minimum age had declined a grant-writing at a state university to serve my country, ready to die for the ideals I learned to love. Two years later I found myself about to land at an airstrip black as night, ready to attack a country in which I did not think it should be … The whole time I’ve been in Iraq have been looking for ideas to convince I can feel proud of my actions, I was part of something just. But no matter what argument was in favor of the war came to my head the image of my commander in chief while smiling smugly thinks he has deceived a nation. “

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Picture of Mike Prysner arrested during a march against war in Washington, where more than 160 people were arrested.