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Originally Posted by Liebling:-)))
Many soliders were being forced to extend their agreement contract and threaten them to face jail or whatever if they refused go to Iraq... They were being forced to sign to extend agreement contract... If they want to quit to be solider then is their decision...
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ever heard of
STOP-LOSS POLICY? You're making it sound like they were illegally forced to extend the contract agreement. Soldiers should be aware that they are subjected to Stop-Loss Policy at anytime as long as they're soldiers. They signed the agreement for that so tough luck! President George Bush Senior has used Stop-Loss Order for 1990 Persian Gulf War.
New Army Stop-Loss Policy
Army Public Affairs
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Originally Posted by Liebling:-)))
No, what Watada did is not betrayal. He is not only one who said that Iraq war is an illegal war and crime. I  Watada for fight his rights and accept to face at court room...
Watada said that he like to serve any countries where is legal, not illegal. I don't blame him because I would never do illegal job... it would teach anyone it's okay to do illegal... No Way...
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Ordering soldiers to go to war (even if it's illegal) is
NOT illegal. BUT ordering soldier to gun down a crowd of civilians
IS ILLEGAL. Therefore, that officer
IS GUILTY of disobeying the Command in Chief and on all charges. He's lucky not to be charged with MUTINY which is punishable by harsh penalties or possibly death penalty (not always).
The United States’ Uniform Code of Military Justice defines mutiny thus:
Art. 94. (§ 894.) Mutiny or Sedition.
(a) Any person subject to this code (chapter) who—
(1) with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;
(2) with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition;
(3) fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.
(b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
Uniform Code of Military Justice, Art. 94; 10 U.S.C. § 894 (2004).