[Grovenet] War Hero or Traitor?

[Allen Warren]

As I read through this thread I kept thinking to myself, "Something isn't right."  Then it hit me: I was wrestling with trying to figure out if our legal system can objectively consider whether this war is legal or illegal.  As David pointed out, our President declared we are at war.  When Japan attacked us in 1941, it wasn't too much of a stretch to then declare war on Japan because of the unwarranted provocation at Pearl Harbor.  But there is no clear-cut evidence, or at least there doesn't appear to be clear cut evidence, that Saddam Hussein waged or supported a war against the United States.  Bush first played the WMD hand, which turned out to be a bluff.  Then he played the terrorist hand, which also appears to be a bluff, but evidently not to him.
 
This is going to be one helluva tough case.  And where as it would indeed be great to get Bush into court as he's the one who launched the war, I know it could never come to the point of him being subpoenaed.  

Allen Warren 
 
----- Original Message ----
From: David Morelli <jo.david at verizon.net>
To: Forest Grove local interests list <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2007 10:11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] War Hero or Traitor?


On Jan 6, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> We've beat to death the President's assertions that Saddam had WMD  
> in Iraq that he intended to use against America.
>
> Here's a US Army officer who has taken action; drastic, dangerous  
> action that may well land him in jail for a long time.
>
> First Lt. Ehren Watada, a 28-year-old Hawaii native, is the first  
> commissioned officer in the U.S. to publicly refuse deployment to  
> Iraq. He announced last June his decision not to deploy on the  
> grounds the war is illegal.
>

I wonder if his lawyer has requested a disposition from this  
officer's Commander In Chief, since the invasion order originated  
directly from that source?

It would be interesting to speculate on the questions that should be  
included in that disposition.

David

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