Originally Posted by NW Ponderer
There are principles more important to me than his case involved here. I am a great believer in justice and the law as an instrument of it. In this instance justice is not being served. If 1LT Watada wants to go down the path he has taken, that is fine, and I support his ability to do so. It is, after all, a matter of conscience. But he should accept the consequences of his actions, which means jail time and dismissal as an officer. That is the price he should pay. That would be justice.

NWP, I apologize, I know you have laid it all out before, but there has been so much written about this, could you please restate your justification for your statement?

Specifically, if you agree that this is an illegal war, and that an officer has a duty to the Constitution that he is required to disobey the order to deploy, than what is the correct path? And would that include jail time?

At the same time, if the war is illegal, is the order to deploy illegal? Who should be charged, and how should the remedy be carried out?

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