[jude24]

Over at Fort Hood, there was a SGT who refused to deploy because the Afghanistan war was “illegal and immoral.” I’m having a hard time seeing why CPT Rhodes is and different from SGT Bishop.

[Sibre Fan]

Over at Fort Hood, there was a SGT who refused to deploy because the Afghanistan war was “illegal and immoral.” I’m having a hard time seeing why CPT Rhodes is and different from SGT Bishop.

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Sgt. Bishop found guilty and sentenced to jail, according to recent news reports.

http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=35194

[OldDeckHand]

"Over at Fort Hood, there was a SGT who refused to deploy because the Afghanistan war was “illegal and immoral.” I’m having a hard time seeing why CPT Rhodes is and different from SGT Bishop."

It's not.

There's been dozens and dozens (hundreds really) of similar challenges - the war's unconstitutional, the President doesn't have the authority, the President is operating the limits of his Constitutional authority, the US is in violation of UN resolutions, the US is in violation of international laws or treaties, etc., etc., etc. - to not just this war, but virtually every war or engagement our Armed Forces have been involved in since WWII, and probably even long before. They've all ended the same way - poorly for the challenger.

As I said in a prior post, the UCMJ just doesn't lend itself well to the questioning of command authority, or to the litigation of political controversy.