Duty or Choice

Running head : DUTY OR CHOICE

Duty or Choice

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Abstract

Lt . Ehren Watada , a junior Army officer refused being deployed to Iraq based on his belief that the war is immoral and illegal . He was charged with missing movement and Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman The legal proceeding about the case was accompanied by public debate on the military 's duty to obey versus their choice to refuse s they believe to be against their moral principles and legal obligations . The case

convened in July 2006 and was dropped by the US Justice Department on May 6 , 2009

Duty or Choice

In every war , there are casualties- people who are at the wrong place at the wrong time . The case of Lt . Watada teaches us that we do not have to be at the middle of the war zone to become a casualty

Background

Lt . Ehren Watada joined the Army in 2003 in response to the 9 /11 bombing . He viewed the military as a noble profession and his four years of service includes a year in Korea . According to him , one of the things he learned from his officer training commander is the importance of knowing everything about the mission , not just where you 're shooting the missiles but why you 're shooting the missiles (Mckelvey , 2008 This was a lesson he took to his heart . In 2005 , while training in the Firing Center Road , the Army 's training ground located in Yakima County...