Vets Expose Iraq War in Congress Today -- As One Refuses to Deploy

[deminks]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/vets-expose-iraq-war-in-c_b_102168.html

It is being billed as the first full-scale testimony in Congress by anti-Iraq war veterans, and it's a shame it has taken this long. The statement by Matthis Chiroux, 24, who is now refusing to be deployed to Iraq -- after serving in Afghanistan and elsewhere -- will surely get the most attention, but don't miss the rest.

"I stand before you today with the strength and clarity and resolve to declare to the military, my government and the world that this soldier will not be deploying to Iraq," Chiroux said in a House rotunda today. "My decision is based on my desire to no longer continue violating my core values to support an illegal and unconstitutional occupation... I refuse to participate in the Iraq occupation," he said, as a dozen veterans of the war watched.

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A terrific AFP report (see link) observed, "A group of veterans sitting in the hearing room gazed blankly as their comrades' testimonies shattered the official version that the US effort in Iraq is succeeding.

"Almost to a man, the soldiers who testified denounced serious flaws in the chain of command in Iraq."

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AFP link here

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080516144757.0ds7otes&show_article=1

[IsItJustMe]

1. It is a shame that this has taken so long to see the light of day. Hopefully their is a change

coming soon to what has been going on in this country for over the past seven years.