Guitarist calls the emotional statement ‘the most effective piece of anti-war literature written in 50 years’

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War this week, U.S. veteran Tomas Young – who was shot and paralyzed after serving only five days in Iraq in 2004 – posted an emotional letter addressed to former president George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. “The Iraq War is the largest strategic blunder in U.S. history,” wrote Young, adding, “On every level – moral, strategic, military and economic – Iraq was a failure. And it was you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, who started this war. It is you who should pay the consequences.”

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