http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070905G.shtml
A very complelling story that reveals the mentality of the war machine...
A very complelling story that reveals the mentality of the war machine...
One Soldier's Fight to Legalize Morality
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For me, it brings to mind the case of Jeremy Hinzman...and how American and Canadian servicemen cast aspersions at him for being a deserter and a traitor to his country...well from what I read in that article, it wouldn't have mattered one bit if he had stayed with his unit and went to Iraq...they would have found a way to get him in the end, just because he had applied for CO status..
I wonder how many contientious objector applications they've approved since the war began...
I wonder how many contientious objector applications they've approved since the war began...
If i wanted to serve my country by joining any of the Armed Forces and didn't believe in killing,I'd have joined one of the service corps or taken medical training..and I would have never believed what the recruiters told me.The Services have to make an example of him,just to keep others from following his example.A very sad story.