[Marxism] "I decided I wasn't going to go back, one way or another"

[Nestor Gorojovsky]

From:           	Louis Proyect <lnp3 en panix.com>
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> NY Soldier shoots himself in the leg to avoid returning to Iraq
> 
> July 13, 2007, 6:36 PM EDT
> 
> NEW YORK (AP) _ A soldier who spent 10 months in Iraq has admitted he paid
> someone $500 to shoot him in the leg rather than return for another tour.
> 
> "As far as being shot at every day, I think it's better," Jonathan 
> Aponte, 20, told WCBS-TV in an interview that aired Friday. "Mentally I
> can't do it anymore. I can't handle it anymore."
> 
> Aponte was charged with conspiracy and falsely reporting an incident,
> according to the criminal complaint filed in state Supreme Court in the
> Bronx.
> 
> His wife, Alexandra Gonzalez, 22, was charged with assault, conspiracy and
> harassment.
> 

Aponte and Gonzalez...

The barbarization of the Imperial army is now universally considered 
to be one of the most important signs of decay in Ancient Rome.

This is not the same situation, however, because capitalism does not 
include _peoples as such_ like older formations did but _people as 
individuals_, and thus the whole set of social linkages, beliefs, 
etc., that the Roman soldiers brought with themselves does not _turn 
the Army a Barbarian Army_.

However, isn't it striking that even these children of despair prefer 
to have themselves shot and face Justice rather than offering their 
life for the country that provided them with a haven on Earth...

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Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
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