U.S. Soldier Publicly Protests Deployment

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Tuesday June 06, 2006 · 12:02 PM PDT

2006/06/06 · 12:02

This is a significant piece of news that should be getting wider play:

(The Olympian) A Fort Lewis soldier is poised to become the first U.S. military officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq, his supporters said Monday.

The officer, whom supporters so far will identify only by the initials LT, will attend a news conference Wednesday in Tacoma to make his identity known and explain the reasons for his refusal.
He has the backing of both national and South Sound anti-Iraq War groups. A Web site set up by supporters, www.thankyoult.org, includes a statement attributed to the officer.
"I refuse to be party to an illegal and immoral war against people who did nothing to deserve our aggression," it reads in part. "I wanted to be there for my fellow troops. But the best way was not to help drop artillery and cause more death and destruction. It is to help oppose this war and end it so that all soldiers can come home."

At some point if the Generals at the top aren't going to take a stand against an immoral and unjust war, it cannot surprise that the soldiers at the bottom will openly and adamantly stand their ground against it.

Hat tip to OlyBlog.

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