The nerve of this guy...
US army officer refuses deployment to Iraq
A young US army officer could face court martial after refusing to obey orders to prepare for deployment to Iraq, claiming the war is illegal, his supporters said.
Lieutenant Ehren Watada, 28, was confined to his base of Fort Lewis, in the northwest state of Washington, and restricted from communications with anyone outside but his lawyer, according to people in Watada's support committee.
They said he was the first US military officer to refuse orders to go to Iraq.
Watada's mother Carolyn Ho called his refusal an "act of patriotism."
"As an officer, he believes it is his duty to disobey illegal orders," she told AFP, adding that they had argued over his decision and that he was influenced by questions about the US government's reasons for invading Iraq.
Absolutely he should face court-martial. What was he thinking when he enlisted? Anybody who enlisted in any branch of the service since the first Gulf war (1991) has got to expect to be deployed into combat at some point.
While it's true that members of the military do not have to follow illegal orders, it's beyond ridiculous for him to use that excuse to get out of combat service.
He should have resigned his commission long ago and become a smelly-hippie civilian if he felt the war was illegal.
Weenie peacenik!
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If you're as interested in world affairs as you claim to be, then you should certainly be doing your homework about this 'war'. For a lieutenant to actually refuse to go to Iraq because he believes he can not blindly participate in an illegal (yes, that's right - this is no war, not called out by an Act of Congress, but a pre-emptive strike enforced by the president who wanted to make a name for himself to stake out the world's oil supply, which would more likely be called an invasion) aggresion, which does in fact undermine who we are as a nation, only shows that Lt. Watada is indeed a person of integrity and conviction. I support him 100 percent. When all is said and done, many years down the road, you will be looking at this situation with an entirely new perspective, hopefully, because you will begin to understand what invading Iraq has really done not only for this country, but for the world as well, and it is not encouraging, nor will the outcomes be positive. You must look at the big picture and refuse to follow blindly when there is far too much to lose by believing everything you hear from totally biased sources. By the way, are you or have you ever been in the armed forces? If not, then perhaps you should go to Iraq, and see things first hand, You just might change your mind about everything you think you believe in.
Cedric...you sound very anti-American. Why exactly do you continue to live here? Surely you could think of a country more in line with your way of thinking that would better suit you. People like you like to sit back and criticize what the government does, but what are you willing to do to change it. Are you willing to come up with constructive and reasonable alternatives to the current method of dealing with terrorists or are you hiding away in Idaho planning a revolt against our government. Your vile hatred of the U.S. is clear. If you don't like it in America you always have a choice...LEAVE.
I had to remove another comment from an ignorant, blame-American-first, Bush hater, because of profanity. I will not tolerate the use of prafanity on this blog. If you went to government schools and thus are unable to string together words to form your ideas without swearing, then perhaps you should sue the publishers of the GED prep course you took to graduate.
Cedric, you are so angry and bitter. Why don't you have another drink or take another puff of whatever got you through the sixties and calm down? I say calm down, but clearly you are incapable of it since you retreated from society in general to north Idaho because you couldn't deal with other humans, with whom you disagree, on any rational, thinking level. I think you are on the verge of becoming one of those hut-dwelling separatists who we'll read about in the news after the FBI executes a warrant against you for suspected mail-bombing and you shoot the place up.
Seriously Cedric, stop memorizing what you read on the DailyKos and come over from the darkness and into the light. It is free-enterprise against which you rail, but capitalism is good, it is the tide which raises all ships(paraphrased). Your beloved JFK said that...and it's the reason millions from the third-world are literally dying to come here.
We are viewed as evil, only by those who embody evil itself around the world. Whose side are you on Cedric?
You sir, are an idiot!
I don't have a problem with Jews or Mexicans(legal), but lawyers....I don't know.
Which do you think is worse Cedric, living, if you can call it that, under a tyrannical, homocidal dictatorship in which systematic gassing, torture, rape, and murder of civilians is part of every day official business for the government, or tolerating temporary occupation by your liberators who mean you no harm, but are trying to rid your country of the murdering, theiving vermin who oppressed you for the past 30 years?
Only a kooky, kool-aid drinking, liberal windbag like you would choose door number 1. And that, Cedric, is why Democrats have lost progressively more political power with each election cycle. You would all side with tyrannical dictators over your own country if it meant sticking it to a Republican. I suppose you would be in favor of Saddam's reinstatement as President of Iraq in addition of our immediate withdrawl and Bush and his cabinet being brought up on charges of high crimes?
Cedric, your seething, irrational, hatred of Bush has eaten away at the logic and reason centers of your brain. Do feel free to jump in and leave your take on the various topics I introduce here but for now I have other liberal, moonbats to skewer besides you.
I'm an American, which means first and foremost that I'm a proud Liberal.
Look it up in your Webster's (another Liberal!). And then make your decision:
Since you don't want to join the rest of America in being Liberal--then leave, why don't you! Don't think that you can change the greatest country that ever was, into something like what YOUR personal favorite sounds like it is--?? Nazi Germany?!
I mean, come on, Ed. Join the rest of America. Reaffirm your Americanism by becoming a Liberal. Enjoy the proud heritage of Liberals who--you MUST remember-- wrote the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, AND the Dictionary (which I notice from your spelling, that it wouldn't hurt you to have at your elbow!)
I say: AMERICA! LOVE IT, OR LEAVE IT!
A REALLY PROUD, American Liberal
HAHAHAHA, this site is a joke. ed, Farp, you boys are so clueless i'm cracking myself up laughing. Speaking out when your country is doing something you feel is wrong is NOT sitting on your ass somewhere critisizing, it's the truest form of patriotism! That said, it seems YOUR mentality is of the most Anti-American sorts possible, perhaps it is YOU who should leave!! When i think of all the time you have spent creating this site and haven't one single intelligent thing to say on it i feel genuine pity!
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