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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-25-07 09:49 AM
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Politically savvy ex-soldier fights against war
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Politically savvy ex-soldier fights against war
By Mike Soraghan
July 25, 2007

John Bruhns grew up in blue-collar Philadelphia and was leaning toward a career as a police officer before the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Inspired and outraged, he tried to sign up for the fight in Afghanistan. Instead, his military service put him at the forefront of an Iraq invasion he didn’t support. He was promoted during his tour, but says he felt more like an occupier than a liberator.

Now Bruhns, 29, is leading the fight in Washington against the Iraq war. As the legislative representative for Americans Against Escalation in Iraq (AAEI), he is putting his experience in Iraq to use in the anti-war coalition’s “Iraq Summer” campaign.

“Members of Congress can’t look at you and say, ‘What do you know? You haven’t been there.’ I do know. I have been there,” Bruhns said.

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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-25-07 10:06 AM
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1. I hope he goes far.
Being politically savvy is a useful skill.
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