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This newspaper clipping comes from Dr. Wassil Nowicky. The article was orginally published in "Without Censorship".
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"Heroic deed should not be called desertion This is not the first time such things have happened in the US army. A US military mechanic, Sergeant Kevin Benderman, who refused to serve in Iraq after his first tour of duty, was sentenced to 15 months in prison. In contrast to Lieutenant Watada he did not make any public appeals. Lieutenant Watada's lawyer says that the number of soldiers refusing to go to Iraq is increasing. He thinks that Lieutenant Watada's appeal will force more and more officers to ask themselves the question: "What is more important: obligation or personal honesty?" In Great Britain there have been similar cases: according to The Daily Telegraph the number of deserters has tripled. There is a draft law before the British Parliament which, if enacted, would mean that soldiers who refused to participate in military actions abroad could be sentenced to life imprisonment. Can countries which refuse people's right to their own opinions be called democratic? It is obvious that it was not easy for a 28 year-old American officer to choose between obeying orders and becoming an aggressor or holding to his moral values. The support committee for Lieutenant Watada was set up in the USA. It appeals to everyone who has a gun in their hands to think about their moral responsibility and about what they are doing for God.. Everybody should think about this American officer's decision. To support him means to create a real chance of stopping wars of aggression." Dr. Wassil Nowicky Newspaper "Without censorship" N7, February 15, 2007 |
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