Must-See Moment: Ex-Soldier speaking out against War, and the Mindset that causes it

why do i say Ex-Soldier instead of Veteran? Because we pay attention to what Ex-Muslims and Ex-Scientologists and Ex-Mormons and Ex-Catholics and Ex-Evangelicals have to say. War requires a certain belief-system among Soldiers, based on Myths and Ignorance and Propaganda. So the people that know how to fight an expose Religion are the ones that know how to tackle this. If we only get the Soldiers to wake up, get them out of that mindset, like deconverting religious people, they will stop wanting to fight. Why not assume its just another Cult with a dangerous belief-system we are dealing with, and try to tackle War this way?

this is a mirror, the original has been done by ThePhaedrus83, check out the channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePhaedrus83

The Soldier speaking out is Mike Prysner, the context is: Iraq Veterans against the War, Winter Soldier on the Hill. There are many more testimonies like this, its from 2008. This is basically the second half of Mike Prysners testimony, you might want to watch the full unedited testimony:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i5ZUfpxnV0 mike prysner speaking out part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTdxBECos8 part 2

You can find much of this material all over youtube, or in the archives of democracynow and therealnews, if you want additional commentary from journalists. or visit their website: http://www.ivaw.org/

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[dallas5sb]

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terrible attacks on many innocent children following Pearl Harbor. We should've targeted the military post, not the innocent civilians. If America is a democracy why don't people have a vote on war instead of having fools without kids who are future war casualties make the decisions? If you believe these countries just hate us because they love to hate, you are kidding yourselves. We have done these people wrong as well.

[kurtilein3]

@dallas5sb

I couldnt agree more. Then, what really freaks me out about hiroshima and nagasaki is that hiroshima would have done the job, it set into motion what led to the total capitulation of Japan. If the USA would have waited 2 more days, they would have gotten the same result without nagasaki.

But it was two totally different bomb designs: u-235 shotgun design and plutonium implosion design. Thats what really freaks me out about this issue.

[mujahideentaliban]

"Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy."

Henry Kissinger

[kurtilein3]

@mujahideentaliban

Henry Kissinger is really one of the worst people alive. He killed about 300000 people for no good reason at all in massive surprise attacks in cambodia, which led to the takeover of the khmer rouge that then killed about 1.5 million cambodians. And he never showed any regret and never got into trouble for it.

This quite really fits this psychopath.

[nickaf84]

Great speech!

[kurtilein3]

@nickaf84

thanks, but i only found it and re-uploaded it to boost the amount of attention it gets a little bit. Its an important message, and so true and from the heart, and also well-edited.

[mphello]

All armies and militaries are brainwashing cults.

[AcruxSolus]

Soldiers who are warriors deserve glory. We fight for good, the innocent, the downtrodden and the dismayed. We do not injure, maim or destroy unless provoked - because, when all is said and done, our job, nay our duty, is to defend from violence with violence. We have fulfilled this duty for millenia - from the shores of Troy to the shores of the Tigris, and Elysia awaits us - those who give life for country, community before self, family before individual.

[AcruxSolus]

Soldiers who are warriors deserve glory. We fight for good, the innocent, the downtrodden and the dismayed. We do not injure, maim or destroy unless provoked - because, when all is said and done, our job, nay our duty, is to defend from violence with violence. We have fulfilled this duty for millenia - from the shores of Troy to the shores of the Tigris, and Elysia awaits us - those who give life for country, community before self, family before individual.