Michael Hoffman: Exit Strategy - Five Years of War

Iraq Veterans Against the War co-founder Mike Hoffman speaks on the why and how of leaving Iraq on the 5th anniversary of the start of the U.S. led invasion of Iraq.

Michael Hoffman was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and graduated from Emmaus High School in 1997. Two years after graduation in he joined the United States Marine Corps as an Artillery Man. He was stationed in North Carolina and Japan before being stop-lossed and sent to Kuwait in the winter of 2003 in preparation of the invasion of Iraq. Michael was part of the main invasion forcing entering Iraq in March and traveled as far south as Tikrit before returning to the U.S. and being discharged in June of 2003. He then began speaking out personally against the war on Veteran's Day of that same year and was one of the founding members of Iraq Veterans Against the War in July of 2004. Michael served as the organizations first National Coordinator and lead spokesman. During this time he travel the country speaking against the war and appeared in various news media outlets such as: Mother Jones, the O'Reilly Factor, the NY Times, Washington Post, and the Guardian. Michael is now a full time student at Muhlenberg College majoring in Political Science and Communications.

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• non-violence
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• anti-war

[mixedberry7]

I am going to look for this guy in the yearbook!

[reyes0811]

It looks like Lcpl Hoffman is still a shit bag I served with fat ass Hoffman he and his group of pussies are a discrace to all who have served in the armed forces it is sad to see that this fat piece of shit was a marine and at one time i had his back fuck you and your IVAW pussies Hoffman is a fake and a loser when he was in Iraq he didnt do shit but rade the MRE box and stand fire watch at 0300 when all the shit bags have watch fuck you Hoffman SGT Reyes

[miketheday]

Outstanding, Michael! You speak the truth and constitutional common sense.

The thing is, Bush/Cheney has/is built longterm & strategic military bases & a $4 Billion Dollar US Embassy in Iraq. Contrary to what we say or are being lied to about, the United States will NEVER be out of Iraq. We are now and will remain occupiers for many years to come. In doing so, our actions will perpetuate attacks from "terrorists" (big lie) until kingdom come.

The United States needs an all out REVOLUTION!

[ResearchX]

Vietnam war (cont.) But I think America fears immigration more than anything. That is why they do not want a popular vote. Because they are afraid that the Chinese immigration, The Mexican immigration, The ex African slave black population might swing votes towards a candidate who is non white or non illuminati. That's why we have an electoral college (delegate) system. Because that is their safty switch to keeping control no matter how the country evolves.

[ResearchX]

This reminds me of the Vietnam War vets who also protested and were imprisoned in california for doing so. They were never mentioned by the media and a lot of them recieved dishonorable discharges even though they had served honorably in Vietnam. The real power behind the throne is the illuminati world bankers. We as Americans need to revolt and break away from them and re-instate the true American concept of a free Democracy with officials elected by popular vote.

[jperryam]

Major kudos to Mike Hoffman, IVAW, and all the Winter Soldier vets. Can it get any more obvious that the major media in this country is fully complicit in the Bushco scam?

Kudos also to rhubarbdoom for posting...

[care4all]

Thanks for posting this rhubarbdoom!