Well, I stand corrected. Here is one troop the anti-war side enthusiastically supports:
1st Lt. Ehren Watada, 28, of Honolulu is charged with missing movement for refusing to ship out with his unit, the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. He also faces charges of conduct unbecoming an officer for accusing the Army of war crimes and denouncing the administration for conducting an "illegal war" founded on "lies."
He is so supported that celebrities are backing him!
Outside the base, a small group that included actor Sean Penn demonstrated in support of Watada. A few others demonstrated against him, including one man who carried a sign calling Watada a "weasel."
Weasel? How judgmental! Weasel-American, please.
Watada apparently enlisted in March 2003. After our Congress declared war. When all but the least mossiest of rocks understood that we were going to war with Saddam's Iraq. Watada is either the stupidest junior officer in the entire United States Army or the brightest star in the anti-war firmament (hey, he's competing with Sean Penn, do your really want to argue this point?).
May Watada enjoy Leavenworth. He is a disgrace to the uniform he continues to wear.
But as I noted, this is exactly the sort of so-called soldier that our Left supports.
They deserve each other. In a day of expressing contempt, add another category.
UPDATE: I believe my question has been answered in favor of the stupidest junior officer (technically) in the Army:
A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the court-martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed in which he admitted to elements of the charges.
"Did not fully understand a document he signed ..." Given that he enlisted in March 2003 several months after a Democratic Senate and Republican House passed the authorization to use force resolution in regard to Iraq, I'd say that not fully understanding documents is a basic problem that Lt. Watada may want to focus on while in Leavenworth.
My opinion of Lt. Watada would have to go up considerably for me to hold him in contempt.
