About Iraq
in my sincere and considered opinion, the **only** honorable course available to any members of the US armed forces -- uniformed or not; regular or irregular; mercenary or volunteer -- is to claim Conscientious Objector status; now, today; and declare they can no longer in good conscience keep following illegal orders; and willingly accept the jail time that will necessarily follow.
continued voluntary participation in the conduct of a massive war-crime makes you a war criminal, period.
"I vos chust followink orders, mein Herr!"
is NOT SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION.
and hasn't ever been;
especially not since sodding Nuremburg, mate.
I do have respect for the training of the professional soldiers, particularly the junior officers.
they presumably are required to do the reading.
they need to look closely at the **real** requirements of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
all bar a couple of the above calibration realities are truths that have been brutally clear -- to the world -- for many months.
anyone who has been "in-country" for more than the few days or weeks necessary to see first-hand what the hell US troops are doing to cause "collateral" damage and casualties, and who has had the briefest opportunity to dig into How Did We Get Here, has only got their conscience to answer to; for the time being.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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