Iraq War Veteran speaks out on why he became a Conscientious Objector

Listen to these words of Wisdom from an Iraq Veteran
Aidan Delgado MP3

My name is Aidan Joshua Delgado, I’m 23 years old, I’m a veteran of the 2nd Iraq war, I served one year in Iraq- 6 months in Nasiriya, 6 months in Baghdad correction facility at Abu Ghraib.

I just want to say that I’m not a politician, I’m not a general- I was an E4 specialist, I was the least of soldiers, I’m just here to give my experience and my narrative of what I saw in Iraq and maybe it’ll touch on some larger issues or bring home a little bit of the reality from the war.

... Working closely with the prisoners is what really began to change my mind and my heart about serving in this war... When I saw the faces of the people that I was hurting, I really began to change on a spiritual level... I looked at these guys and saw young, poor, uneducated guys who didn’t have a lot of choices in their life, and now they’re forced to fight us. And I looked at the guys in my own unit and thought, "man, we’re exactly the same." All the guys in my unit were young, poor, didn’t have the best education or choices in life... and when I came that realization I felt all of my fighting spirit just bleed out of me.

I looked at these people and I thought why would I hurt them, what is the purpose of me being here?

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