Camilo Mejia speaks at GMC
Camilo Mejia
March 27, 2008 7:00 pm
Green Mountain College/Ackley Auditorium 
Jailed war resister Camilo Mejia on his 9-month jail sentence, torture in Iraq and why he refused to fight.
Camilo Mejia was the first US soldier court-martialed for desertion during he Iraq war and was ultimately sentenced to a year in jail. Mejia spent six months in combat in Iraq where he witnessed the killing of civilians and the abuse of detainees. He returned to the U.S. in October 2003 for a two-week leave when he decided never to return to fight in Iraq. He went into hiding to avoid redeployment and was classified as AWOL-or Absent Without Leave-by the military. After five months underground, he surrendered to the military at Ft. Stewart, Georgia and submitted a formal application for discharge as a conscientious objector. His application was denied. In May 2004, a military jury convicted him of desertion.
What a disgrace to the USA. You don't abandon your fellow man in combat. I strongly doubt any of this is true and he is just a coward. Military better off with out him.
Posted by: Paul Walsh | April 07, 2008 at 08:06 PM