Re: Anti - war Up - Army to des charge Ehren Watada :)
Dr. Vincent Quin, Ph.D.
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> I consider the Iraqi adventure to be national folly beyond belief!
Oh really?
definition:
murder - the unjustifiable and intentional killing of people, no exceptions.
Son, Mr. Watada chose to *not* be a murderer. He exercised his moral responsibility.
Mr. Watada is not phony anti-war like you, "Jones".
;-)
Dr. Vincent Quin, Ph.D.
> Told you so....redvet
Yes you did!
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> http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/Army_to_discharge_Ehren_Watada_next_month.html
> Army to discharge Ehren Watada next month
> By Gregg K. Kakesako
> POSTED: 04:10 p.m. HST, Sep 25, 2009
> First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned military officer to
> refuse deployment to Iraq because he believed it was an illegal war,
> has won his three-year legal battle with the Army.
> With little fanfare, the Army at Fort Lewis in Washington state
> accepted the resignation of the 1996 Kalani High School graduate last
> Friday and he will be discharged during the first week in October.
> Rather than seek a second court martial against the infantry officer,
> the Army will grant Watada a discharge "under other than honorable
> conditions."
> Joseph J. Piek, Fort Lewis spokesman, said "this is an administrative
> discharge and the characterization of Lt. Watada's discharge is not
> releasable under the privacy act."
> Watada, 31, told the Star-Bulletin an phone interview today that he
> was "glad to finally bring this chapter to a close and to move on."
> "The actual outcome is different from the outcome that I envisioned in
> the first place, but I am grateful of the outcome."
> Watada said there were "many skilled lawyers" who represented him and
> that he was "thankful to the people from all walks of life that
> supported me and agreed with my stand."
> In May, Watada won a significant legal victory when the U.S.
> Department of Justice dropped efforts to retry him. The Army had
> wanted to appeal U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle's decision last
> October that a second court-martial would violate Watada's
> constitutional protection against double jeopardy.
> Following the Justice Department's decision, the Army made it clear
> the only course available to Watada is what the Army calls
> "Resignation for the Good of the Service in Lieu of General
> Court-Martial," he said. Either Watada could voluntarily resign or be
> forced out with a discharge "under other than honorable conditions."
> Either way, Watada said today, the result would be the same except it
> would take longer if he was forced out.
> Watada said he turned his resignation papers in July and it was
> approved by the commanding general at Fort Lewis and sent to his
> higher headquarters. Watada learned of the Army's final approval on
> Sept. 18.
> Watada was initially charged with missing the 2nd Infantry Division's
> 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team's deployment on June 22, 2006,
> considered by the Army as the most serious charge, and conduct
> unbecoming an officer.
> Source:
> http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/Army_to_discharge_Ehren_Watada_next_month.html