The Justice Department has decided not to proceed with its appeal of a federal judge's ruling that 1st Lt. Ehren Watada cannot face a second court-martial resulting from his high-profile 2006 refusal to deploy to Iraq with a Fort Lewis brigade. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
In a time of dissembling war criminals and illegal and immoral wars, Watada is a shining example of conscience, showing he has learned from Nuremberg. This news is good. The report fails to give Watada due credit and dwells on the possibility the government will still be able to harass him.
Irag is an illegal and immoral offensive war of choice, and Watada is correct and brave in standing up and refusing to commit war crimes.
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