PBS: P.O.V. Soldiers of Conscientious

Soldiers of Conscientious

Camilo Mejia was a soldier who served in the (current) Iraq war and declared himself as a conscientious objector. He was later put in military jail for his actions. In this documentary, he said:"I Have never felt freer..."

When been challenged that a so called "conscientious objector" may give up the chance to stop evil, say Hilter, he answered that "what if we have enough conscientious objectors in the German army such that the atrocities committed by the Nazis would have never happened."

"In 2004,
150,000 Germans were called for mandatory national service.
70,000 of them served in military,
80,000 of them served as conscientious objectors to serve in non-military institutions."

Clearly, ther Germans got it.

May be this is what it takes for a nation to realize what is right, and what is wrong.