06-24-2008, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by jiro123
What rights? He broke the contract. He was ordered to go to Iraq. That's all. It didn't say that he has to go to Iraq and kill some people. He can even probably stay in Iraq for a week and then be ordered to go somewhere else.
With his officer ranking, he is in position to help make sure Iraqis and soldiers are well-taken care of. We need more fine leaders out there to make sure everything's ok and they don't even need to be in combat zone. It can even take ONE courageous officer with smart strategy to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis! Do you rather the office be run by incompetent or callous officers who do not care about people and enforce unfair rules like curfew?
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It explains in his interview at one of links, I post few minutes ago.
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He deserted his own men. How is that a bravery to abandon your own men?
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No, he is a human being who saw the reality as many have not seen. Sign up to be a soldier does not mean you have to do everything what they say. Example: Would you do if a general tell you to shoot the innocent person?
Many people escaped to Canada to avoid for go Iraq war... Check one of links, I posted at few minutes ago but Walada doesn't. He stand up what he beleive in and accept to face the court.
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There are many people who entrusted their lives in him as a leader but he shit on them and does not care about them except his own life. That's not bravery - it's a cowardice. Bravery is to accept the order of deployment and do his best to protect his men and Iraqis from harm. That's bravery.
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This is your opinion.
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Please do us a favor and stop defending your position with this lost cause. Many of us agreed that Lt. Watada is guilty of charges. Please find another example. Lt. Watada is a very poor choice.
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Many? I only see few ADers here in my thread. I assume you mean that "many" in general way, not just ADers. Right? If yes, here is link...
Recent polls have indicated that many Americans, like Watada, no longer support the war in Iraq. A Harris Interactive poll from mid-May shows that 61 percent are not confident that U.S. policies in Iraq will be successful versus 22 percent who are confident. A recent Zogby poll also showed that over 70 percent of people in the military want to withdraw from Iraq by the end of this year.
APA Community Grapples With Soldier's Decision to Refuse Deployment to Iraq
You can see Watada's other interview and over 2,700 comments. Some supporters and some not. (I do not read the whole to 2,700 comments yet but 1/7 of 2,700 comments... )
Conscientious Rejector? - Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone From Yahoo! News
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