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| Mistrial Declared in Court Martial of Officer Who Refused Iraq Deployment |
| 2007-02-07 |
| FORT LEWIS, Wash. — The judge overseeing the court martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq declared a mistrial Wednesday, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed admitting to elements of the charges. Military judge Lt. Col. John Head announced the decision after 1st Lt. Ehren Watada said he never intended to admit he had a duty to go to Iraq with his fellow soldiers — one element of the crime of missing troop movement. Actually the last part of the last sentence is not true. It's not an element in his crime of refusing to follow a lawful order. One person interviewed, I wish I could remember names, set this trial up as a political trial. He said, "Lt. Watada made a political descision and now must face the political consequences. Horsepookey. This is not a political issue but now the left is making it one. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #5 Your mouth to Gods ears SR-71. Of course it depends on who the Republicans put forth. Judging by the fact that they chose the same incompetent pack of 'leaders' after the last election -- lets hope there's a change. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-02-07 22:20 |
| #4 I'll say again that this last election was a repudiation of government that seems to be incompetent. Border Patrol that doesn't patrol. Convicting Border Patrol that does. 11,000,00 illegal aliens. Leaks and a slow-motion coup attempt in the CIA. A feckless DOS. TSA follies. Sedition and disclosure of classified info in the MSM. A lack of seriousness in the prosecution of the war. Calling Islam the "Religion of Peace" and so on. People know better and they are increasingly frustrated. They were not voting for the Dems, and the Dems will do even worse. 2008 will be very interesting. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2007-02-07 22:00 |
| #3 According to another source ( KIRO TV) which I duplicate posted their dropping of the 'conduct' charges was in exchange for that signed document. Now that the document is out I wonder if they will be charges be reinstated... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-02-07 21:48 |
| #2 And in the meantime, Border patrols doing their job are in jail... |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2007-02-07 21:12 |
| #1 Well, exJAG told us---from personal knowledge---that Head is incompetent. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-07 21:05 |