27 May 2006

First female conscientious objector sentenced for refusing deployment to Afghanistan

Earlier this week, Army National Guard Specialist Katherine Jashinski received a bad conduct discharge and was sentenced to 120 days confinement for "refusal to obey a legal order." [Read story.]

Specialist Jashinski refused deployment to Afghanistan on moral grounds, and was hoping to obtain conscientious objector status, but was denied. These days, the military needs all the bodies it can get, since they can't find new recruits.

How can you win a war when you force your soldiers to fight against their will?

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