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Audio interview by BBC Radio 4.


Jordan Matson is a former US soldier who's joined Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants in Syria. He told Newshour his reasons for making this decision

https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/this-is-my-job-this-is-who-i-am-im-a-protector

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Audio interview by BBC Radio 4.


Jordan Matson is a former US soldier who's joined Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants in Syria. He told Newshour his reasons for making this decision

https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/this-is-my-job-this-is-who-i-am-im-a-protector

I'm proud of the guy.

God be with him and those he fights alongside.

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Discharged for PTSD, but had never deployed?
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His passport will be revoked.
Why?  Well, because I'm a bastard, that's why.

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His passport will be revoked.

Yes, they could probably do that. 

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Yes, they could probably do that.

Even if they couldn't they would.  Unlike those guys and gals returning from their stint with those he fights against.
Why?  Well, because I'm a bastard, that's why.