Court-martial judge bars experts [Laughable headline from al-AP in Watada trial]

Associated Press ^ | February 6, 2007 | MELANTHIA MITCHELL

[RedRover]

AP photo caption: Also at the site was actor Sean Penn, below left, who shook hands with Army veteran and anti-war activist Dennis Kayne of San Jose, Calif.

Personally, I'd rather see the guy with the weasel sign.

Related thread: Watada court martial opens with feisty defense.

[RedRover]

PING!

Note the link to jaz's earlier thread above.

[edcoil]

This trial is about a person breaching his contract, not about the war. Judge was right.

[A Strict Constructionist]

Lets send Penn to the Muslims and see if the Penn is really mightier than the sword.

[joe fonebone]

OK.....lets play along..just suppose that the war was ruled illegal. Missing ships movement, or missing deployment, is still against military regulations, punishable by reduction in paygrade, fines and possible imprisonment. guilty.

[RedRover]

Absolutely. Gotta love the spin in the AP headline. Sounds better, I guess, than: "Judge refuses to waste time on irrelevant nonsense from anti-war nitwits in straight-forward court martial".

[RedRover]

I'm seeing a Sundance Channel movie here. Maybe Susan Sarandon can play the lieutenant.

[RobRoy]

>>As his court-martial got under way, the military judge, Lieutenant Colonel John Head, refused to allow almost all defense witnesses to take the stand. Head previously ruled that Lieutenant Watada's attorney, Eric Seitz, could not debate the legality of the Iraq war in court.<<

Good judge, apparently. This is not about the war. This is abut whether or not the guy disobeyed orders, and other related charges.

[RedRover]

The Left's favorite retired colonel, Ann Wright, was on O'Reilly last night. Her defense of Watada was incomprehensible.

[mbynack]

I'm glad the POS didn't go to Iraq. He would be an insult to everyone who served under him. If I were king, Weasel Watada would be facing the death penalty.

[jazusamo]

[Laughable headline from al-AP in Watada trial]

You got that right, Red. Not only is this headline laughable but most of the articles in the press for the last couple weeks have been laughable. Many have tried to portray Watada as a hero standing up for his beliefs when in reality he's a soldier who has broken the oath he has taken.

He signed a contract that the Army expected him to fulfill which is why they said no when he offered to resign his commission. He's a lowlife loser, plain and simple.

[RedRover]

Seitz said late yesterday he would call two witnesses, Watada and a character witness, an Army captain who has known Watada for about two years. The captain has been brought back from service in Iraq to testify, the lawyer said.

Hard to believe that an officer was pulled out of Iraq, where every man counts, to testify on behalf of this turd.

[RedRover]

Hiya, jaz! Saw your earlier thread but figured this story deserved another.

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Army veteran and anti-war activist Dennis Kayne of San Jose, Calif.

Another fake soldier?

[lilycicero]

His refusenik roots were deep. His father, Leo Penn, was an actor, writer and director during the McCarthy era. Called before the Un-American Activities Committee, he refused to name names, was branded a Communist and blacklisted - forcing him to move into TV.

****Full circle for the Penn family. Sean, Ehern wants to know if he can borrow your boat.

[geopyg]

I didn't find much on a search for Dennis Kayne, although one leftwing anti-war pro-trees site came up with "listen to 'Skip for Peace' by Dennis Kayne. In their mess of a website I couldn't find it however. (Time to go wash my hands!)

[ArrogantBustard]

I think that, maybe, Mr. Kayne is not wearing that uniform properly.

[jazusamo]

You're correct, it deserves many threads to point out the few Watada's we have had over the years don't deserve to wear the same uniform as the millions of people who have served our country honorable.

Watada and those like hime deserve to be sentenced to Leavenworth.

[A Strict Constructionist]

Tits Malone to the rescue.

[jazusamo]

I tried a short search on Dennis Kayne also and came up with the same result you did, zilch.