U.S. Army Lt. Watada pledges to refuse illegal war

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Uploaded by on Jul 25, 2006

On June 7, U.S. Army First Lt. Ehren Watada released this pledge to refuse deployment to an "illegal war" in Iraq. On June 22, he did just that. In addition to two years in prison for not deploying to Iraq, he faces an additional five years for the content of this statement.

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  • Tyranny

    1. The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.

    Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

  • WRONG. This war is ILLEGAL and IMMORAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL. REAL Patriots Stand UP to dictators like we have in our Congress!

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  • LoL I'm sure his CO and chain of command were pretty upset with his behavior.

    His argument is that he refused to obey an UNLAWFUL order. However, the orders given to him were never deemed unlawful. I cannot respect his decision. I'm sorry.

    He should've joined a different branch or not join the military at all if he didn't want to participate in war/conflict. Terminate him and get somebody in here that's ready to SERVE!

  • Good man & a Hero.

  • you can recognize the true heroes : in their lifetime, they are always oppressed

  • You are a joke.

  • @2595085 just shut up and get it through your fucking head that "this" pussy Lt. should not be in the military. he just pussied out and tried to make an excuse "war is illegal" he's just a bitch!

  • @temporary1121 with an attitude like that no wonder the world hates america

  • please dont curse its bad manners

  • @2595085 war has no rules! its war! calling war illegal is one stupid ass thing every1 seems to do...

  • @temporary1121 its funny how you decided not comment on any of the points i raised and of course a war can be illegal but hey fuck everyone else we are america we do what we want

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