CNN producer Tomas Etzler was in Czech military in 1989 . He said he saw a lot of tanks and armored personnel carriers, but not many people with guns or even machine guns. These fears prompted me to write a petition declaring that we -- the conscripted soldiers who made up the most of the Czechoslovak military -- would never turn our weapons against citizens of Czechoslovakia . Etzler was threatened by military top brass because of his involvement .
CNN producer Tomas Etzler was in Czech military in 1989 . He said he saw a lot of tanks and armored personnel carriers, but not many people with guns or even machine guns. Etzler was threatened by military top brass because of his involvement .