support Camilo Mejia:
from a cbs article:
Mejia’s family is Nicaraguan and he lives in Miami. But he is not an American citizen. Like approximately 40,000 soldiers in the armed forces, he is a legal, permanent U.S. resident. Last fall, Mejia was having difficulties with his legal status and was allowed to return to Miami for two weeks to work out the residency problem.
But then, he refused to return to Iraq. And he felt so strongly about his decision that he took the risky step of going public and talking to 60 Minutes II while still in hiding.
Why did he go AWOL?
“When you look at the war, and you look at the reasons that took us to war, and you don’t find that any of the things that we were told that we’re going to war for turned out to be true, when you don’t find there are weapons of mass destruction, and when you don’t find that there was a link between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda, and you see that you’re not helping the people and the people don’t want you there,” says Mejia. “To me, there’s no military contract and no military duty that’s going to justify being a part of that war.”
go see fahrenheit 9/11 and regardless what you feel about it, celebrate the right of americans to dissent
remember this country was founded by those who intelligently opposed the status quo and who were not afraid to say so, despite how they were labelled
look beyond your countries' current problems (regardless if you live in the USA or elsewhere) and commit to doing whatever you can do to make your nation stronger
Posted by Mike at July 2, 2004 12:28 AM