Lt. Ehren Watada's Official Statement

Lt. Ehren Watada is the first commissioned officer of the US Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on the grounds that it is an illegal war and to participate would be a war crime.

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[MikieNes]

LOL you are, of course, typing this from the desert sands of Iraq, right?

Otherwise, that means you;re clearly a hypocrite.

[thfranks]

Your flag is backwards, dude.

[MikieNes]

what?!?

dude, put down the crack pipe.

[jackhamby]

In addition, having served in Iraq, I can say unequivocally, that the "wholesale slaughter" he talks about is imaginary.

I'll not speculate about what his motives really are but if they were what he claimed he'd speak with more specifics and fewer platitudes and catch phrases.

[MikieNes]

well, the international team of expert physicians in the globally-respected Lancet would disagree with you. They did the most thorough and accruate survey in Iraq, and conclued over a half million civilian Iraqis - mostly children - have been killed during the present occupation.

You're not gonna see much tucked in the Green Zone every night.

[tellyontellyon]

He's braver than you.

[VoiceOverBerlin]

Here's a true American hero who fulfills his oath to uphold the Consitution. As a U.S. Army veteran of the first Gulf War (Desert Storm 1991), I salute you!

[Tomacomo]

@MikieNes

you cant sign up for the army and then not fight. thats faggery. if this shit goes on, there will be a coup in america, and listen up:radical gay people who try to impose their marriage on us, radical socialists and useless college professor intellectuals, who contribute nothing to society except their scathing tounges - will be committed to re-education camps. the more stubborn of them will be massacred.

[TheDragonsTooth]

You're not a Patriot! You're a bloody stinking traitor, who's own men should have shot in the head!

You're a shame to the uniform you shyte on, to the country you swore to serve, to the fellow soldiers you didn't have the balls to fight and protect and if necessary, die with. Because YOU thought after joining the military, that you could pick and choose your battles.

You will always be yellow!You will always be a shame! And you are trash, not worthy to be called American!

[neilorourke71]

weigh the atrocites of war against the extermination of terrorism. I feel for this guy, I really do. he's absolutely right, this war has violated laws and freedoms. Then again, we've never faced a threat like the one we are now. we don't quite know how to handle and enemy with no state, no color, no identity, really. this country will learn from the painful experience that is the iraq war.

[EgyptianPrinceCB]

Obama succeeded in diverting people's attention to the fact that he is picking up Bush's failed policies and promoting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan....

Now, the bankers and corporate corruption is the center of attention.. and Iraq War and its victims are fading away...

But our Savior and beloved Cheerleader, Obama, will get it right... 2 wars, recession, 1 war in Pakistan brewing, broken promises, but he is the 1st black president.

Hip Hip, Hurray !!

[VC79JN89]

@VoiceOverBerlin  I salute you too voiceoverberlin..

[DEMONSPIT77]

I agree this man is bravior than this fagget that called him a coward GTFO!

[DEMONSPIT77]

Mr.Republican the onyl reaosn you would even support the war is because your taking advantage (your in the ARMY) of the trillions of dollars we Americans AkA tax payers waist on your sorry ass. I'm sorry I'm all for privitizing shti including the military... You liberal asshole taking all my money... I can protect myself SIR I got a par and I cna get a real job at that! It blows my mind all that money waist we can spend it on REAL worknig Americans not some bum looknig for a easy way out...

[DEMONSPIT77]

your a goddamn liberal bitch and stupid as hell, it's way more rational and cost effective to be fighting war on your own turf, unless ur sometype of pussy. You even supprot gun rights Mr.Republican... You are by far a liberal probably more liberal than liberals I've ever seen so GTFO and joni the Democrats you traitor...

[DEMONSPIT77]

Not true you asshole, i'm a Republican i know the goddamn muther fuknig platform! Platform says to keep my goddamn money. I don't want my money being spent on a goddamn war that an't happening in my backyard. Spending it on some retard, I'm a gun owner SIR we have the right to protect ourself and goddamn I'll fight any war that's in my backyard. It be way more cost effective to fight the war in our back yard SIR. Just because I got a par and you don't Mr.Republican. Get a gun protect yourself!

[republican328]

Republicans are generally against big government spending, with a few exceptions. One of those exceptions is national defense.

If you are against all government spending, including military spending, that makes you a libertarian.

This is probably all over your head, but for some reason I felt the need to respond to your stupid, unorganized banter.

By the way, I'll be commissioned as a US Army officer in 2012.