Military resistance
CounterPunch
by Zoltan Grossman
06/28/06
The public refusals here at Fort Lewis (Washington) of Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, Sgt. Kevin Benderman and Spc. Suzanne Swift to deploy to Iraq are the most recent chapter of a long and noble history of resistance within the U.S. armed forces. To understand this history, and where it might lead, it helps to see how resistance varies strongly according to rank, class and race, and how difficult it is for resisters to express their patriotic viewpoints alone, without support from the larger peace movement. ... Opposition within the military is far higher after three years of the Iraq War than it was three years into the Vietnam War. More than 8,000 personnel have deserted since the war began (according to USA Today), about 400 of whom have gone to Canada...
http://www.counterpunch.org/grossman06282006.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Watada
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Benderman
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Suzanne+Swift
by Zoltan Grossman
06/28/06
The public refusals here at Fort Lewis (Washington) of Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, Sgt. Kevin Benderman and Spc. Suzanne Swift to deploy to Iraq are the most recent chapter of a long and noble history of resistance within the U.S. armed forces. To understand this history, and where it might lead, it helps to see how resistance varies strongly according to rank, class and race, and how difficult it is for resisters to express their patriotic viewpoints alone, without support from the larger peace movement. ... Opposition within the military is far higher after three years of the Iraq War than it was three years into the Vietnam War. More than 8,000 personnel have deserted since the war began (according to USA Today), about 400 of whom have gone to Canada...
http://www.counterpunch.org/grossman06282006.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Watada
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Benderman
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Suzanne+Swift
rudkla - 29. Jun, 16:16
