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  • Army Officer Refuses Iraq Duty (Calls War Unjust, Army Refuses To Accept His Resignation)

    06/07/2006 8:12:06 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 112 replies · 2,060+ views
    CBS/AP ^ | June 7, 2006
    An Army officer who was born and raised in Honolulu is refusing to go with his unit to Iraq because he says the basis of the war is illegal and immoral. 27-year-old First Lieutenant Ehren Watada is with the Stryker unit out of Fort Lewis, Washington. Watada is the son of former state Campaign Spending Commission executive director Bob Watada. "I feel that we have been lied to and betrayed by this administration," Watada said Tuesday in a telephone interview with the Seattle Times from Fort Lewis. "It is the duty, the obligation of every soldier, and specifically the officers,...
  • Fort Lewis Soldier Says He'll Refuse To Go To Iraq

    06/07/2006 12:48:06 PM PDT · by Grendel9 · 57 replies · 1,127+ views
    SEATTLE - As thousands of Fort Lewis Army troops prepare to head back to Iraq, one of their officers is making a stand. A lieutenant says he is going to refuse to go, saying it's an unjust war. Anti-war groups are rallying to his defense. Lt. Ehren Watada of the Stryker Brigade writes, "I refuse to be silent any longer. I refuse to watch families torn apart, while the President tells us to ‘stay the course.’ I refuse to be party to an illegal and immoral war against people who did nothing to deserve our aggression. "I wanted to be...