winter soldier; jason washburn

Winter Soldier was a four-day event that brought together veterans to testify about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan - and present video and photographic evidence.

Attendance at Winter Soldier was not open to the general public because of limited space at the event site. Distribution of the video has been equally insular...so pass it on!

Check out more of the Winter Soldier testimony at http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier/testimony/video

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[lawman4683]

I'm blind to the world? That's rich. Oh and for the record I'm a MARINE, not a soldier. I know damn well theres a fine line thats get crossed every day. Your simple mind has failed yet again to grasp my statement. I'm not blind to what goes on around me, I know a liar when I see one though. I'll make this as blunt, simple, and with as few scrabble words as possible for you. I WAS THERE WITH HIM- IN THE FLESH, HE RODE IN MY DAMN TRUCK, WE WERE ONCE FRIENDS UNTIL HE DECIDED TO LIE!

[skinnychef]

Don't "thumbs down" and disappear this comment! I have to keep "thumbs up"-ing it so it won't disappear. Let lawman speak his mind, even if you DON'T agree!!!

THAT is the basic principal of patriotism!

"THUMBS DOWN" SUX!!!!

xoxox

skinnychef

[lawman4683]

Jason Washburn is a liar and is taking advantage of this little "pity party." He lacks character and doesn't stand up for anything- not even himself! IVAW pay him more than the warehouse job he had after leaving the Corps. This garbage makes me sick!

[skinnychef]

well that is a sad statement on how wharehouse workers get paid, not to mention veterans...

get a clue, pal!

i don't defend this fella, but the system is indefensibly fucked, and this guy has the cajones to stand up and give face to it. alot more courage than you display here.

[cheeryvibez]

i hate giving this stuff five stars. its like i give it fice stars cuz its bin put up. but it aint an awesome situation is it

[skinnychef]

no doubt! i just want to get the word out, cause it seems the organizers were pretty f'n insular about release and distribution of the testimony.

kinda counterproductive!

[rehabib2]

lawman i have a question for you please answer , it's something i ask every vet or soldier . i mean no disrepect at all . would you or your fellow marines turn on americans if the government ordered you to ? the worst thing about the war is the people that started it that wanted it , dont care about any of us . bush and cheney both dodged the draft , but cheney turns around and says we'll stay as long as it takes . itsa fucked up world we live in . glad you made it back lawman . namaste

[sickuntodeath2]

It takes much more courage to face and speak the truth than to kill another human. These men are the real heroes

[totoynani143]

Why did'nt u just let an unknown individual get in your formation then? it's war u stupid fuck! u'r not there to make friend's. I cant believe this shit! why did'nt you let them put their arms around u and let them carry u'r weapon too,to be decorated w/ a flower.

[TheMatthess]

i am a proud American, fuck this shit

[DeguGamingNetwork]

@tomermordechai

Get your head out of your dumb Republican ass and take a good long look around.

The bloated pile of weapons manufacturers and biased religious news conglomerates, the self-declared world police, the US, which history has proven is a shitty, shitty occupying force, are kinda the bad guys in this particular situation.

Your armed forces, all military might aside, seem to fail miserably, costing thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands, of casualties time after time again.

[NicotinMan]

@tomermoderchai WTF were the Coalition soldiers doing in Iraq and why anyway? They were not welcome and entered Iraq by force for no reason. Did you expect Iraqis to throw flower petals to them? Harden up, guy, if you invade another guy's home he's gonna be pissed and don't expect any love from him.

It's funny how you support an invasion and then whine because the invaded people don't act like Teletubbies.

Reality kicks in when the crack of a foreing invader rifle is heard.

[afghanistanculture09]

What will be the end of the Evils and the Evil invadors ???

[MusclecarsMeditation]

Spread it.

[tomermoderchai]

What sort of 'civillians' walk through a patrol of soldiers walking down a street? If he HAD been carrying an IED, everyone would be complaining that Coalition soldiers trainign was to poor and they were killed. Harden up people, this is a war. Being a keyboard warrior is all well and good, but there is a real war out there. Reality kicks in when the crack of a rifle is heard.......

[tomermoderchai]

This is so natural, yet he completly needs scripting. Coughing denotes nervousness. Not to mention he stutters and will not make eye contact with anyone, looking from side to side, which generally means hes lying. This is yet another PR load of crap. This man is a rat bastard, who has attempted to rat out his fellow soldiers for doing a job. He states his ROEs changed, trying to make LESS force, sound worse. From 2.32 onwards, he makes general crowd control sound like some sort of war crime.

[InterstellarArchives]

Yeah that was a Fail!

[reneethespartan]

well, considering 9/11 happened in 2001 maybe you should.