Lieutenant Watada's War Against the War
By Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The Nation
"In a remarkable protest from inside the ranks of the military, First Lieut. Ehren Watada has become the Army's first commissioned officer to publicly refuse orders to fight in Iraq on grounds that the war is illegal. The 28-year-old announced his decision not to obey orders to deploy to Iraq in a video press conference June 7, saying, 'My participation would make me party to war crimes."
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