Taken from Celebrate IVAW's History by Aaron Hughes:
I have been thinking a lot about those long-time members of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) who have been building IVAW from the ground up. I know it can be hard to look back at the last decade of activism, organizing, and community building, and feel a sense of great accomplishment in light of how deeply entrenched the military now is in the Middle East, the growing instability throughout the region, the lasting impacts of US intervention on the people of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the painful effect on the veterans' community. It is hard for many to remember the massive amount of work that we have done over the past decade and the victories that we have fought for.
I have been thinking a lot about the new members joining IVAW. Some of them are still in the military while others have been out for some time, but all of them have realized that the military experience is not what they had hoped for.... Read More
