On 2/6/07, Gar Lipow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2/5/07, Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lt. Ehren Watada is the first commissioned officer to refuse
> deployment to Iraq. -- Yoshie
>
> Thank You Lt. Watada (the Web site for the Watada defense campaign):
> <http://www.thankyoult.org/>
>
> <http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6396054,00.html>
> Court-Martial Begins for War Objector
> Monday February 5, 2007 11:16 PM
> AP Photo WAJF101, WAJF102, TXKIH101, TXKIH103
> By MELANTHIA MITCHELL
> Associated Press Writer
>
> FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - The judge in the case against the first U.S.
> officer court-martialed for refusing to ship out for Iraq barred
> several experts in international and constitutional law from
> testifying Monday about the legality of the war.
I was one of about 2,000 people demonstrating in support of Lt.
Watada.
That's sizable for cases like this. Excellent.
On 2/6/07, Leigh Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BTW, Rep. Mike Honda, San Jose wrote an op-ed supporing Ehren Watada
last week...
"In facing charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, it
is my belief that Ehren Watada has laid bare a fact that is becoming
increasingly plain: Mr. Bush has handled this war in a manner unbecoming
a United States president."
It's here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/30/EDG56N760H1.DTL
A very strong op-ed. I'm glad that Honda gave Watada the last word in it.
--
Yoshie
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