Nato summit leaders should have been forced to watch the moving protest of the former troops chucking their medals away
"No amount of medals, ribbons, or flags can cover the amount of human suffering caused by this war."
"I have only one word, and it is shame."
"This is for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan."
"Mostly, I'm sorry. I'm sorry to all of you. I am sorry…"
In the shadow of the Nato summit,
under the watchful eyes of a phalanx of full-black-clad riot police,
dozens of former servicemen and women in uniform, veterans of the Iraq
and Afghanistan wars, threw away their medals, with apologies. It was
one of the most moving experiences many of us had witnessed in our
lives. It is hard to describe in words. I couldn't get the lump out of
my throat. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a woman next to me
crying. Their words, their voices, crackling under the emotion of their
courageous act, breaking under the weight of the pain, the trauma, their
anger, sadness, and hope – theirs was a heroic and beautiful act, a
moving ceremony. It was a privilege to be there with these women and men
who served in our wars.
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