I will not remain silent in order to protect my hero's status, not will I forfeit my conscience to hide the truth under a shroud of patriotism.........The fact that I contributed to what history will someday remember as a societal travesty on par with Nazi Germany's Holocaust will torment me for the rest of my life.
~Timothy J. Westphal
Former Staff Sargent, US Army
letter to the editor in The Nation (Sept 24, 2007)
2 comments:
Wow.
-- how are ya? Don't see many emails on the nowar list from you these days.
I've been overbooked. Too busy, like everyone. I keep promising myself I'll start going to the vigil again, but.......
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