1st Lt. Watada's 'Research' Too Late

Honolulu Star-Bulletin ^ | June 12, 2006 | Jason Seaborn

[DB]

Lock him up.

[LeoWindhorse]

This isn't surprising...Hawaii is chuck full of worthless
anti-Bush anti-war pukes that wouldn't pop a paper bag in defense of their country. I predict Sindy Sheehan will be moving here soon. This guy is kind of normal , for todays
Hawaii street.

[saganite]

You forgot: Throw away the key.

[CitizenUSA]

If he has orders to deploy and refuses to go, he's in violation of the UCMJ. I hope he enjoys his upcoming stay in a military prison.

[ketchikan]

Local news coverage in the Fort Lewis area profiled Lt. Watada's father who is an outspoken Vietnam and Iraq war protester living in Hawaii.

[Proud2BAmerican]

And retired state official. I believe he was director of the state Campaign Spending Commission.

[struwwelpeter]

A major point here: throughout the piece they refer to the lieutenant as having 'enlisted'. Privates/airmen/seamen enlist in the service. NCOs reenlist, but officers are 'commissioned' into the reserves, even if they are serving on active duty.

Officers generally progress through various career stages: 'Obligated Volunteer' & 'Conditional Volunteer Indefinite' (01-02), then 'Volunteer Indefinite' (02-03), then onto 'Regular Army/Navy/Air Force' until retirement.

Generally officers must serve 3 years before an unqualified resignation is accepted, and it must be tendered 6-12 months before the requested separation date.

If officers are twice passed over for promotion they are generally removed from active duty involuntarily.

Officers without service obligations (due to education or other training provided at US expense) can be transferred to a drilling reserves unit or the inactive reserves. They remain reserve officers until age 65, even after retirement, and can be recalled to active duty at anytime.

The good lieutenant read the fine print before he signed onto this lifetime commitment, and was briefed many many times when he applied and during training.

No pity here. Deploy with your unit, Lt, or go to jail.

It's not McDonald's.

[garylmoore]

after having "researched" Iraq, he has had a realization that the war in Iraq is "immoral" and "illegal

Liberal coward.

[Rays_Dad]

struwwelpeter

Thanks you for noting the difference between enlisting and commissioning. As an NCO who has reenlisted, I don't want this turd equated with me or other enlisted folks. Not that I want him compared to other officers either though...

chip

[BIGLOOK]

Articles 84 and 88 of the UCMJ. Misrepresentation of enlistment and contempt for officials. Watada went public in the news here and nationwide with his case. On record.

Good to see ya again, Pete! Wie gehts?

[struwwelpeter]

Hoo-ah ;-)

[struwwelpeter]

Just serving up the usual trivia ;-)

[monkeyshine]

Just lock him up until his enlistment period ends, plus three years. No media visits. If he behaves according to military code during his prison term, I might consider letting him out 1 year after his enlistment ends.

Dishonorable discharge. No VA hospitals. No pay. No benefits.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Those who refuse to support and defend a state have no claim to protection by that state. Killing an anarchist or a pacifist should not be defined as "murder" in a legalistic sense. The offense against the state, if any, should be "Using deadly weapons inside city limits," or "Creating a traffic hazard," or "Endangering bystanders," or other misdemeanor.

Robert Anson Heinlein

[BIGLOOK]

Selbsverstandlich!

Of course, in Watada's case there's another course the Army could pursue........if they adopt a Navy precedent.



You really think they'll reasign him as a men's room towel attendent in ......Sarajevo? Maroon the SoB.

[ArGee]

Maroon the SoB.

Maybe, since he thinks the war is immoral, they can send him over to Iraq to conduct personal negotiations with the terrorists?

Shalom.

[BIGLOOK]

When I was a kid, my grandfather had problems with crows ruining his garden. He taught me a trick. Tie a yellow cat to a peg in the ground and wait for the crows to come around to torment it. Then shoot the crows.

Your idea has merit.

[Caesar Soze]

A major point here: throughout the piece they refer to the lieutenant as having 'enlisted'. Privates/airmen/seamen enlist in the service. NCOs reenlist, but officers are 'commissioned' into the reserves, even if they are serving on active duty.

If he is, as many reports claim, a college op OCS graduate, then he enlisted in order to attend BCT. Of course, his enlistment ended with his commission (or his appointment to candidate -- I don't know).

[Jeff Gordon]

I am greatful that this a$$hole officer came out of his closet before he deployed. It is very clear that his attitude would have got some good men and women killed.