This may have popped up somewhere else, but anyhow....
My only question is: In the current age of volunteer military service in most Western countries, USA in particular, WHAT WAS THIS GUY doing in the Armed Services to begin with?
Court-Martial Looms For War Objector
POSTED: 8:30 pm EST February 4, 2007
SEATTLE -- The court-martial for an Army officer who refused to go to Iraq is set for Monday in Fort Lewis, Wash., south of Seattle.
First Lt. Ehren Watada, who was denied a chance to debate the legality of the Iraq war in court, is hoping to at least minimize the amount of time he could serve if convicted.
The 28-year-old faces four years in prison if convicted on one count of missing movement and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer. He had refused to ship out with his unit, the Third Brigade, Second Infantry Division.
Watada has spoken out against U.S. military involvement in Iraq, calling it morally wrong and a breach of American law.
Anti-war activists consider Watada a hero, but the Army accuses him of betraying his fellow soldiers.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press.
My only question is: In the current age of volunteer military service in most Western countries, USA in particular, WHAT WAS THIS GUY doing in the Armed Services to begin with?
Court-Martial Looms For War Objector
POSTED: 8:30 pm EST February 4, 2007
SEATTLE -- The court-martial for an Army officer who refused to go to Iraq is set for Monday in Fort Lewis, Wash., south of Seattle.
First Lt. Ehren Watada, who was denied a chance to debate the legality of the Iraq war in court, is hoping to at least minimize the amount of time he could serve if convicted.
The 28-year-old faces four years in prison if convicted on one count of missing movement and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer. He had refused to ship out with his unit, the Third Brigade, Second Infantry Division.
Watada has spoken out against U.S. military involvement in Iraq, calling it morally wrong and a breach of American law.
Anti-war activists consider Watada a hero, but the Army accuses him of betraying his fellow soldiers.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press.
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