“That funeral, in particular, had a real effect on me,” said Tesh, 24, who like Ingram, hails from Michigan.“That is what kind of swayed me in the antiwar direction.”

 

Less than two years later, Tesh finds himself on stage addressing a swelling crowd of fellow vets and active duty military who share not only the same aversion to war and distrust of government, but their support for Ron Paul, the only presidential candidate who they say has been straight with the troops, from the beginning. That’s where Antiwar.com caught up to him yesterday, at theRon Paul is the Choice of the Troops rally on the National Mall.