Eager recruit goes on trial for refusing to fight

Tomorrow, Lieutenant Ehren Watada, faces a court martial for refusing to go to Iraq and for making public statements against the war. He is the first officer to be prosecuted for publicly criticising the war — and the first since Vietnam. He could spend four years in jail. His journey from eager recruit to dissenter is a transformation that resonates with a public that has also turned against the war, making Lieutenant Watada, 28, a hero of the anti-war movement.

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