added 2007 Fri Feb 9 11:38:00 by Spadecaller
Victory! - Lt. Watada is not going to jail tomorrow, next week or next month. Lt. Watada's case ended in a mistrial. Ehren has not been found guilty and his attorney Eric Seitz thinks it is unlikely the case will be re-tried. A new trial has been scheduled to begin on March 19 - the Fourth Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq
Victory! - Lt. Watada is not going to jail tomorrow, next week or next month. Lt. Watada's case ended in a mistrial. Ehren has not been found guilty and his attorney Eric Seitz thinks it is unlikely the case will be re-tried. A new trial has been scheduled to begin on March 19 - the Fourth Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq
added 2007 Thu Feb 8 12:41:59 by Spadecaller
The judge in the case against the first U.S. officer court-martialed for refusing to ship out for Iraq barred several experts in international and constitutional law from testifying this past Monday about the legality of the war. "The man on trial is setting a profound example of conscience..."
The judge in the case against the first U.S. officer court-martialed for refusing to ship out for Iraq barred several experts in international and constitutional law from testifying this past Monday about the legality of the war. "The man on trial is setting a profound example of conscience..."
added 2007 Fri Feb 2 15:01:09 by Spadecaller
"You can jail the resisters, but you can't jail the resistance. George W. Bush, take notice, as U.S. Army Lt. Ehren Watada is court-martialed next week." The first commissioned officer refused deployment to Iraq claiming illegality and immorality of a war launched under false pretenses is court-martialed next week.
"You can jail the resisters, but you can't jail the resistance. George W. Bush, take notice, as U.S. Army Lt. Ehren Watada is court-martialed next week." The first commissioned officer refused deployment to Iraq claiming illegality and immorality of a war launched under false pretenses is court-martialed next week.
added 2007 Tue Jan 30 11:59:02 by Spadecaller
Watada properly refused an illegal order. We are all moral beings, even in the military, and as such have a legal and moral obligation to refuse to participate in War Crimes. This is what the Nuremburg Conventions demand. Will the American people decide that the law and morality matter? Are we any better than those Germans who just followed orders?
Watada properly refused an illegal order. We are all moral beings, even in the military, and as such have a legal and moral obligation to refuse to participate in War Crimes. This is what the Nuremburg Conventions demand. Will the American people decide that the law and morality matter? Are we any better than those Germans who just followed orders?
