Apology of US Sergeant Matthis Chiroux to Malalai Joya

U.S. Sergeant Matthis Chiroux, 25, was in military service for many years before he came to the conclusion that the wars and occupations in Iraq and in Afghanistan are wrong and found the courage to speak out. Since last summer he has been a key activist in the U.S. veterans' organization, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW).
From April 1st to 5th, Chiroux and Malalai Joya joined peace activists in Germany and France to speak out against NATO and the war and occupation in Afghanistan.
On April 4th, at a large demonstration in Strasbourg, France, Chiroux planned to publicly apologize to Afghan peace activist Malalai Joya for participating in the occupation of her country; however, before he could do so, the demonstration was disrupted by attacks of the French police. He made his apology instead on April 5, 2009, at the NATO Congress in Strasbourg.

Matthis Chiroux: I want to tell you, Malalai, how sorry I am for the violence that my Army has done to your people, to your country. I want to apologize to you for the role that I played in it.
Malalai Joya: And I want to tell you that it is your government that must apologize first of all to great people like you: they are deceiving you and they use you for not a good cause; they use you for a war.

Full transcript: http://malalaijoya.com/joya_matthis_chiroux.htm

Thanks to by Paula Geraghty for making this video public at: http://vimeo.com/4262108

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[Aliazmat20]

Malalai Joya is the symbol of bravery among afghan women.

[ghamiwala]

USA and NATO are the criminals each day they kill ennocent afghans all over the country and do not let the people to live in peace and celebrate their traditional laws.

[towerclimber37]

He was an NCO? really? Let's see his DD214. I don't believe him.

[CCHarmon88]

GOOD FOR HIM! I support!!

[cman904xFLAX]

This guy is a disgrace to the United States. How can he be so ignorant and talk like he's a fuckin scholar. So sensational and over dramatic.

[sweet96635]

This guy is a straight up pussy who deserves no fucking respect. He has no balls. He might as well become a woman. He has no honor.

[SuperTongpo]

Fact: Matthis Chiroux is a rapist and has never been to war. He had no problem with the war until he was called to actually go. He uses funds from well meaning peace activists to fuel his coke addiction.

[Just1Spark]

In my life, being against the war, I have been threatened by several active duty soldiers. I find it ironic, that we are told that the military fights for our freedom. Yet, as soon as WE THE PEOPLE speak out against gov/mil corruption/failures, the US Soldier is the first one to want to take that right away, and threaten you with physical violence. Kinda ironic. And they dont even see the sad irony.

[deathvid4fun]

he just want to have fan kill kill kill yeah wooot kill kill kill after all we are all moster war will go on forever so yeah kill kill kill

[806TO713]

@sdsunshiness Lol thats different from an all out flame war like you usually see in comments from videos like this haha

[sdsunshiness]

@806TO713

exactly, I feel its important for we, the people of America to recognize the situation in our country and start working together as a people against those who are becomming our enemy, our current govenrment! they aren't even being careful about telling us so many lies anymore!

[sdsunshiness]

@806TO713

and thank you for acknowleging another perspective!