{"id":6051,"date":"2015-01-10T23:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T06:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfutureamerica.org\/?p=6051"},"modified":"2015-01-10T23:00:20","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T06:00:20","slug":"ashamed-to-have-served-criminals-czech-veteran-returns-nato-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfutureamerica.org\/?p=6051","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ashamed to have served criminals\u2019: Czech veteran returns NATO medals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A former military doctor who participated in missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan has asked the Czech Defense Ministry to take back his NATO medals, calling the North Atlantic alliance a “criminal organization” with “atrocious interests.”<\/p>\n

Lieutenant Colonel Marek Obrtel, former chief of the 11th Czech military hospital in Afghanistan, who also served in Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina, wrote to the Czech Defense Ministry and government in an open letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Obrtel said he was giving back four NATO medals he received for his role in international peacekeeping missions as he was \u201cdeeply ashamed\u201d<\/em> of having served in the organization, \u201cled by the US with its monstrous interests around the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Soldiers from the 4th Rapid Brigade of ISAF Czech contingent based in Chrudim, Czech Republic in Camp Altimur in Logar province (Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI always performed the service the best I could, according to my belief that such operations cannot be left \u2018half done,\u2019\u201d<\/em> Obrtel wrote. \u201cBut even then, particularly in the context of the Kosovo conflict, I began to suspect that our path [military action under NATO\u2019s auspices] is not right.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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He said that \u201canyone who opposes any power interests of the US, even if defending identity, economy and sovereignty of their nation, must be \u2018wiped off the map.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Obrtel explained he had an opportunity to talk with locals on his missions \u2013 in order to \u201canalyze and assess the situation from all possible angles.\u201d<\/em> Those conversations convinced him of the \u201cutter absurdity\u201d<\/em> of NATO\u2019s steps and recent developments, which he called \u201ca new Cold War.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Czech Republic\u2019s Defense Ministry has answered the letter, telling the veteran, who retired 11 years ago, that there was no law under which it is possible to take away medals, but he can return them, if he wishes to give them up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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