Watch this video of a man who, even though facing a death penelty for dessertion decided to turn his back on Bush's illegal and immoral war.

Date:   10/15/2005 9:46:55 PM ( 19 y ago)

CAMILO MEJIA: "Every time I asked myself why were we there? Why were we raiding their homes? Why were we killing their people? Why were we getting in fire fights? Why were we doing roadblocks? You know, all the reasons they gave us as far as weapons of mass destruction and al-Qa'ida and uranium purchase and blah blah blah - it turned out to be a bunch of lies. So as a soldier, as a member of a unit that is occupying a nation, you need to justify that to yourself. You need to look at yourself every day in the mirror and come up with answers."

Unable to find acceptable answers to those questions, Camilo decided to go AWOL, while on a 2-week leave in October 2003. He went underground, before filing a conscientious objector application and surrendering himself back to military custody. But the army court-martialled him for desertion and refused to hear any evidence of why Camilo felt his conscience could not allow him to serve in the US occupation of Iraq.

Posted 06/16/05