Objecting to the Objector By Robin Mullins Boyd January 18, 2005 The Savannah Morning News recently ran a front page article about another one of the "poor" soldiers that has been so damaged by our military system that he has filed for conscientious objector status. The article stated that Sgt. Kevin Benderman had served one tour in Iraq but refused to serve another. He filed for conscientious objector status just weeks before his unit was deployed to Iraq. The article got me thinking about objecting to things that I disagreed with. If a soldier can claim offense to his conscience,...