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Wht do you think of his action?
2007-01-05 17:20:32 · 9 answers · asked by mr_dark_eyed 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
So you are saying that once he signed up and joined the forces he cant change his mind. that he has to go to iraq even if he s against it and believes its illegal? what if it was you, you found out facts and started to understand things, will you still go and kill some people cause you signed up and gave your word? I think its a touch one, as a soldier you are expected to obey no matter what, but you are aslo a human being, and as a soldier you have to know what you are doing. if you give your life away you need to know to Who, or if its for the good or bad of your nation. But of course we can't let every soldier decide if he agrees with the Gov. or president's vision or not.
2007-01-05 18:28:17 · update #1
He is one of the only true Americans I know of. I fully support his lack of participation in the brutal murdering Bush has started. And Bush started it when he played and still plays his role in 9/11.
2007-01-05 17:32:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess I can sympathize with him in some respects, the disinformation leading up to the war and during it. But the fact remains that when he joined up he signed a contract with the Army, they did their part by training him for the job he signed up for. Just because he decided he'd made a mistake is no reason for him to back down on what he agreed to do. He doesn't seem to realize the stigma of what he's done will stay with him all his life, long after he's out of prison. I don't like what has happened over there in Iraq but if I were Watada, I would have deployed with my fellow soldiers.
2007-01-05 17:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me be the first respondent to say you're going to get a ton of views both left and right. Let the verbal, bi-partisan war begin
2007-01-05 17:22:28 · answer #3 · answered by Choose your nickname 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He offered to go to Afghanistan, America should stop having illegal wars and they wouldn't have this problem, (if you go against the United Nations, and the Geneva Convention, doesn't that make it an illegal war?)
2007-01-05 17:53:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
hey mr. dark eyed, watada is allowed to make his own decisions and he must like the publicity he's getting cause this has been going on for over 2 years and YAHOO loves eating up liberal media goo .
it's not for me to judge watada but when it comes to reporters and their wealthy owners spewing out same old garbage, well, that's a bore !
2007-01-05 17:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by search 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah =] read it in the washington post in government. His mom is going to DC to make a change or something. lol yeah right. What's the punishment, six years if convicted?
2007-01-05 17:25:31 · answer #6 · answered by baby_wrestler 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
awesome question i am from hawaii. boo hoo they all are on his side because he is a local boy. and they cry and cry. Cry for those boys over there that are fighting and dieing every day. unlike many of you i actually see the boys with blown off limbs almost every day here in hawaii. he is a total coward and he is a traitor also. send him to levinworth and let him rot.
2007-01-05 17:27:34 · answer #7 · answered by miller4000 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Sounds lke a new "Taco Bell" menu item to me.
Go Pepsi, go!
2007-01-05 17:23:06 · answer #8 · answered by dorianalways 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tough one to call. I respect him for his beliefs, but he is getting paid to do a job. If he doesn't like the job, I guess he should leave.
2007-01-05 17:27:33 · answer #9 · answered by Beachman 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋