{"id":78086,"date":"2013-03-20T21:03:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T21:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=78086"},"modified":"2013-03-20T21:03:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T21:03:31","slug":"the-crucifixion-of-tomas-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-crucifixion-of-tomas-young\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crucifixion Of Tomas Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/chris_hedges\/\">Chris Hedges<\/a><\/p>\n<div>I flew to Kansas City last week to see Tomas Young. Young was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004. He is now receiving hospice care at his home. I knew him by reputation and the movie documentary\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodyofwar.com\/\">\u201cBody of War.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0He was one of the first veterans to publicly oppose the war in Iraq. 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