[pinkpanther111]

Exactly, He volunteered, He was not drafted. He has no excuse for what he is doing now.

[lilycicero]

Ya...and even though the uniform was a PROP for him...it didn't even make him look like a hottie.

[secretagent]

Exactly, He volunteered, He was not drafted. He has no excuse for what he is doing now.

Watada does have a reason, or rationalization. I believe it goes like this:

(a) As a soldier, he swore to uphold the Constitution.

(b) The US signed the UN Charter, which has equal weight to the Constitution, as do all treaties, according to the Constitution.

(c) The UN Charter prohibits nations from invading other nations unless (1) The Security Council authorizes the invasion or (2) the invading nation acts in self defense.

(d) The invasion of Iraq failed the UN test in (c), and thus violated the UN Charter.

(e) A violation of the UN Charter violates the US Constitution, as per (b).

(f) Watada had to refuse to participate in violating the Constitution, as per (a).