A Man of Integrity: Sgt. Kevin Benderman—“No To War”

[Indie Media Magazine]

By: Jack Dalton

01/17/05 "ICH" -- One can only imagine the struggle, the agonizing process Sgt Kevin Benderman has gone through which culminated in his decision to refuse orders for deployment to Iraq a little over a week ago—which would have been his second deployment. Having spoken with Kevin and his wife Monica multiple times, I have a real good idea of the internal struggle they went through over an extended period of time. What I came away with from some of our conversations is the simple fact Kevin’s decision was not a snap decision, but was very carefully though out—good, bad and everything in-between, all was weighed, carefully and deeply.

A Man of Integrity: Sgt. Kevin Benderman—“No To War”