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The Chimp has his Daddy get him into the
Texas Air National Guard to avoid Vietnam and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney#Cheney_and_the_draft">Cheney gets 5 deferments, yet this kid is on trial?
Some nerve!
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Court-Martial Begins for War-Resisting Soldier By Mike O'Sullivan
Los Angeles
06 February 2007
A U.S. army officer faces up to four years in prison for refusing to deploy with his unit to Iraq, and for publicly criticizing the U.S.-led war in Iraq. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports the court-martial of First Lieutenant Ehren Watada, which started Monday at Fort Lewis, Washington, pits the right to free speech against the need for military discipline.
A 28-year-old native of Hawaii, Lieutenant Watada, volunteered for the army in 2003, after he finished college. He served in Korea, but facing deployment to Iraq, says he concluded that the U.S. role there is immoral and illegal. He offered to serve in Afghanistan, but refused to go to Iraq when his brigade was sent in June. He also spoke publicly against the war in Iraq.
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