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June 29, 2006
Lt. Watada Points The Way for the Anti-War Movement (Sadly)
By Mary Wentworth
This article points up the weaknesses in the US anti-war movement.
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Lieutenant Ehren Watada's recent refusal to be deployed to Iraq because he believes the war is illegal and he would be participating in war crimes highlights the wrong-headedness of our anti-war movement. Watada's reasoning is the case against the war that our umbrella organization, United for Peace and Justice, ought to have been making to the American people from the git-go.Now retired and a writer, I am a feminist and political activist, a radical Democrat (have come to dislike the term "progressive"), and a blogger. Have done political tours of Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras, West and East (way back when)Germany, China, etc. Learned a lot about the US through other people's eyes. Wrote about my life in "Discovering America: A Political Journey." And was one of six winners of an international essay contest sponsored by Cuban ministeries.