I hereby Resign in Protest - effective immediately Brandon Toy, Defense Contractor & Vet

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I Hereby Resign in Protest Effective Immediately 
by Brandon Toy


 

I have served the post-911 Military Industrial complex for 10 years, first as a soldier in Baghdad, and now as a defense contractor. 

At the time of my enlistment, I believed in the cause. I was ignorant, naïve, and misled. The narrative, professed by the state, and echoed by the mainstream press, has proven false and criminal. We have become what I thought we were fighting against. 

Recent revelations by fearless journalists of war crimes including counterinsurgency “dirty” wars, drone terrorism, the suspension of due process, torture, mass surveillance, and widespread regulatory capture have shed light on the true nature of the current US Government. I encourage you to read more about these topics at the links I have provided below. 

Some will say that I am being irresponsible, impractical, and irrational. Others will insist that I am crazy. I have come to believe that the true insanity is doing nothing. As long as we sit in comfort, turning a blind eye to the injustices of the world, nothing will change. It is even worse to play an active part, protesting all along that I am not the true criminal. 

I was only a foot soldier, and am now a low level clerk. However, I have always believed that if every foot soldier threw down his rifle war would end. I hereby throw mine down. 

Sincerely, 

Brandon M. Toy 
Stryker Engineering Project Management 
General Dynamics Land Systems 
Sterling Heights, Michigan 

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The crux of the NSA story in one phrase: 'collect it all' 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/15/crux-nsa-collect-it-all 

How the NSA is still harvesting your online data 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/27/nsa-online-metadata-collection 

Inside America's Dirty Wars 
http://www.nationinstitute.org/featuredwork/fellows/3260/inside_america%27s_dirty_wars/ 

Revealed: Pentagon's link to Iraqi torture centres 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/06/pentagon-iraqi-torture-centres-link 

The Global Intelligence Files 
http://wikileaks.org/the-gifiles.html 

Leaked HBGary Documents Show Plan To Spread Wikileaks Propaganda For BofA... And 'Attack' Glenn Greenwald 
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110209/22340513034/leaked-hbgary-documents-show-plan-to-spread-wikileaks-propaganda-bofa-attack-glenn-greenwald.shtml 

Guantanamo Detainee Begs to Be Charged as Legal Limbo Worsens 
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324069104578527012686080732.html 

Collateral Murder 
http://www.collateralmurder.com 


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Brandon Toy works for US defense contractor General Dynamics as an Engineering Project Manager building Stryker armored fighting vehicles. Previously, Brandon served in the Michigan Army National Guard as a Multiple Launch Rocket System Fire Direction Specialist, Team Leader and Vehicle Commander. He was deployed as a military policeman to Baghdad, Iraq in 2004 - 2005.