‘We went to Iraq for profit’ says US war vet turned politician

22 Oct, 2008 04:52 / Updated 16 years ago

Iraq war veteran and the youngest U.S. Congressional candidate, Michael Prysner, has spoken out against the American-led invasion of Iraq.

“The war in Iraq was an illegal war,” he said. "They invaded a country that was in no way a threat to the U.S. The reason we went there was for profit.