Re: US soldier refuses to serve in 'illegal Iraq war'

On Sat, 17 May 2008 02:37:21 -0700 (PDT), Eat the rich
<goofindoo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On May 16, 9:26 pm, cmdr buzz corey <cmdr-buzz-co...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately he doesn't have the authority to make the decision of
>> whether the war is illegal or not, or whether he serves even if he
>> does think it is illegal. He should have thought about all that before
>> he signed the dotted line.
>
>He does have the authority.  He's not a slave.  Many officers believed
>that the war in Iraq was illegal so resigned.  

A a non-commisssioned officer (sergeant) the only "authority" he has
is to show up at his new assignment and perform his job or risk being
discharged under less than honerable conditions.

Unlike officers, enlisted personnel do not have the option to resign
their commision, as they are not commissioned. 

The sergeant could request to be transferred to anywhere else in the
world his MOS (Military Occupation Specialty) is used at his pay grade
until his enlistment is up.  

Otherwise, he receives his orders to Iraq. If he refuses to go or
perform his duty as assigned, the military could charge him with
various violations of the UCMJ, eventually giving him a dishonerable
discharge. 

>Many in the Bush administration thought it was wrong and resigned.  

Non military, non sequitur.