Why More US Troops Are Refusing to Fight Than Ever | w/ Mike Prysner

As Trump’s America 250 shenanigans take over Washington, anti-war veterans, service members, and military families will march on Philadelphia for Freedom Over Fascism.

Mike Prysner, US Army veteran and executive director of the Center on Conscience and War, tells BT Live that amid Trump’s belligerence in Venezuela, Iran and Cuba, conscientious objector filings have surged higher than at any point since 9/11. From the soldier on the ship that launched missiles at Caracas, to the officer at Guantanamo watching ICE detainees get processed like terrorists, Prysner says the fissures are everywhere: ‘There’s such a variety of things the Trump administration is doing that’s causing people to take this very bold and brave and courageous step.

“We saw a massive surge once the Iran war began — bigger than at any point during the entire global war on terror.”

Why the anti-war movement inside the military itself may be one of the most powerful forces pushing back against Trump.

“We saw a massive surge once the Iran war began — bigger than at any point during the entire global war on terror.”

@MikePrysner on the spike in conscientious objection under Trump, with @RaniaKhalek & @ZoeAlexandra_ok on BT Live