Ryan Johnson imprisoned for avoiding Iraq decade ago
US Army soldier Ryan Johnson was convicted of refusing to deploy to the Iraq War, and remaining away from the military for 4,175 days (nearly 11½ years).
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Category: GI Resisters
Interview with drone tech Cian Westmoreland
“If it failed, we were told that people on our side would potentially die. But I knew that if it stayed up, people on the Afghan side would die.” Interview by Bob Meola, Courage to Resist
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“I Refuse to Support U.S. Armed Drone Policy”: Army Chaplain Reads Resignation Letter to Obama
Reverend Chris Antal, I was wondering if we could end with you reading your resignation letter to President Obama in your own words.
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Drone war objectors speak out
Drone war objectors speak out By Courage to Resist Courage to Resist salutes these four recent...
Read MoreHuman rights award for AWOL war resister Andre Shepherd
“A tremendous amount of courage is required to oppose the Iraq War as André Shepherd did”, declared Rudi Friedrich today for Connection e.V.
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USMC 1st Lt Jacob Bridge, Conscientious Objector
Seeing the planes going into the Twin Towers made me feel like the planes were crashing into my heart when they went into the building. “I couldn’t understand why they would do that. When it was said that they hated our freedom, it was all I needed to hear.” Jake graduated from High School in 2007 and attended the University of Colorado in Boulder. There, he enrolled in Naval ROTC. When he graduated from college, in 2011, he also graduated as the Honor Graduate in the Commissioning Class at NROTC at CU, Boulder.
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