From Foot Soldier of Empire to Rebel for Peace

Camilo Mejía's War

MARTIN SMITH, CounterPunch

CAMILO MEJIA, the first soldier to refuse deployment to Iraq, has joined the ranks of military veterans who have written classics that inspired antiwar movements. Mejía's memoir, Road from Ar Ramadi, is the story of an individual who held on to his humanity in the depths of the abyss to become forever changed--from a foot solider of U.S. empire to a steadfast rebel for peace. Mejía's work--written from the vantage of a soldier who served and saw firsthand the consequences of U.S. imperialism--cuts through the deceptions and lies used to justify the war...

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