A Message For Lieutenant Ehren Watada

What you think of the war in Iraq is irrelevant. I'll quote the oath you took when you became an officer in the US Army:

"I (insert name), having been appointed a (insert rank) in the United States Army under the conditions indicated in this document, do accept such appointment and do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God."

Since it is the constitution that gives the Army the right to send you to Iraq, you violated your oath, an oath you voluntarily took. If you are not found guilty of at least one of the charges, you will be setting an example of the worst kind for the military of the US.

You are a disgrace to the uniform that you wear and the country for which you stand. When it's all over and your punishment has been completed, go back to Hawaii and be haunted by the time in your life when you were branded a coward.

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Tax Payer on 2007-02-08 at 12:23 pm (Reply)

Defending the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic also means defending it against the illegalities and lies perpetrated by the Bush regime to wage a race war for oil.

The war is racist, illegal, and if you love rape and murder so much, go fight it yourself, loser.

A hardass like you surely will not be dettered by all that DU in your lungs.

Or testicles.

Besides, my tax dollars paid for all those guns and ships and uniforms. And I say I haven't gotten my monies worth, so Bring Em Home!

After all… they are dying to come home as it is.

Just like Vietnam, Amerikan white supremacists lose AGAIN. Jeesh, what a joke the supposedly best military in the world turned out to be.

That's why you need to go to Iraq and win the war for the oil barons, bub.

Recruiters are standing by….

RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2007-02-08 at 12:48 pm (Reply)

For the record, and it's all over the place on this blog, I am a retired U.S. Marine and veteran of two military conflicts, including the first one in the middle east.

You have the right to your opinion, but the oath does not mean what you said in the first sentence and it never did. If an officer doesn't agree with the oath or the reason that he's been ordered to do something, he has the option to resign his commission. A commission, mind you, that is given by the President of the United States. And that's the point. It's a commission, at the convenience of the government. If you don't understand that, you need to read up about it, not spout some bullshit.

This officer is doing nothing more than trying to bring attention to himself. He's not doing it for you and he's not doing it for me and he's not doing it for the troops. He is a coward and deserves no sympathy.

I am not going to argue with anyone about the rights or wrongs with the war in Iraq, but I'll argue until I'm blue in the face that any military airman, soldier, sailer or marine that is in a position of authority and does not obey the orders given him, deserves the full punishment available from the Uniformed Code of Military Justice.

Now… get off my blog, you illiterate piece of shit.

DragonLady on 2007-02-09 at 3:33 am (Reply)

I totally agree RT. Both about the LT and TP. I have yet to see one person who spouts that the war is "illegal" provide some basis for what makes it so. Congress authorized military force according to the Constitution of the United States. The President mobilized the United States Armed Forces to use said authorized military force.

RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2007-02-09 at 6:44 am (Reply)

The part that irked me about Tax Payer above is that he/she responded with typical anti-war propaganda when that isn't the issue at all. The issue is that the lieutenant disobeyed the orders of those above him during a time of war.

DragonLady on 2007-02-09 at 7:27 am (Reply)

And once upon a time, disobeying wartime orders resulted in a ticket to Leavenworth breaking rocks. Unless a desertion was involved and that ended in a death sentence.

The LT knew what he was getting into when he raised his right hand. I have no sympathy for him whatsoever.

RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2007-02-09 at 7:59 am (Reply)

Exactly.

The lieutenant is supposed to be a leader. How can a troop follow a leader who won't follow his own leader?

Maya on 2007-02-09 at 2:11 pm (Reply)

It's worth mentioning that the LT is of japanese descent…these people generally choose death before dishonoring themselves. His ancestors must be rolling over in their graves.
To taxpayer: In my opinion, for every one taxpaying anti-war activist out there, there are hundreds that don't pay their taxes, let alone support themselves and their bad habits. So, there you go, that's where your money went…to subsidize your cohorts. And yah, YOUR military that you call a joke…enables you to open your mouth and spew your anti "anything ameriCan rhetoric" in english mind you…not german!!! Your ancestors must be rolling over in their graves,too, knowing how you turned out to be.

Maya on 2007-02-09 at 2:15 pm (Reply)

P.S. to taxpayer: Before you send me out packing to fight the war…I'm the wife of a naval officer currently serving in Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, the mother of a US marine, my brother retired from the US navy and my grandpa marched with the US soldiers in Corregidor. You dig??

RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2007-02-09 at 2:23 pm (Reply)

Wow! Maya, I can relate. Not counting myself, my older son was in Iraq two years ago, my father served in WWII and two of my uncles served in the Army during the Korean conflict.

Maya on 2007-02-09 at 2:40 pm (Reply)

No wonder we make good sense…we come from great lineage !!

An American Living in the Philippines

A Message For Lieutenant Ehren Watada