Reflections on Military Service and War

Um,

I'm taking it off one last time

in hopes

that I can carry on

the legacy of warriors from all over,

my own people, the Chichimeca from Mexico,

to Hamas,

fighting for Palestinian liberation.

I hope to never have to wear this uniform again.

Actually, I know I will never wear this uniform

again.

I'm thankful for the lessons that I learned.

Um, I do not encourage anyone to join the

military.

Um, the only way to stop it is to stop

joining it.

We do not need, we do not need to send another generation

of

young people to fight wars

for organizations that are just going to use them as cannon

fodder

against an innocent people,

only to rape them of their natural resources, enslave

them to our petrol dollar,

and to continue campaigns of

terror that are destabilizing our world