>
> On Oct 4, 6:30 pm, "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote:

>> Looks like the Liutenant's case is again in the news.
>> Son of our past campaign finance commission's chair who
>> went after many violation of the past mayor, he refused
>> to be deployed to Iraq. Anyway, looks like he has asked
>> for a delay in his trial so that he can appeal the last
>> court decision to a higher court-- basing his appeal on
>> double jeopardy. The wheels of justice grind slowly and
>> are expensive. His unit will be returning soon.

>
> IMHO, if he didn't want to deploy he shouldn't have joined
> the service (which branch ever)
>
> Maren
>

>
> m.purves@jach.hawaii.edu (Maren at google) wrote:

>>
>> On Oct 4, 6:30 pm, "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote:

>>> Looks like the Liutenant's case is again in the news.
>>> Son of our past campaign finance commission's chair who
>>> went after many violation of the past mayor, he refused
>>> to be deployed to Iraq. Anyway, looks like he has asked
>>> for a delay in his trial so that he can appeal the last
>>> court decision to a higher court-- basing his appeal on
>>> double jeopardy. The wheels of justice grind slowly and
>>> are expensive. His unit will be returning soon.

>>
>> IMHO, if he didn't want to deploy he shouldn't have joined
>> the service (which branch ever)

>
> In general, I tend to agree that would have been a wiser course
> of action. ...

>
> m.purves@jach.hawaii.edu (Maren at google) wrote:

>>
>> On Oct 4, 6:30 pm, "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote:

>>> Looks like the Liutenant's case is again in the news.
>>> Son of our past campaign finance commission's chair who
>>> went after many violation of the past mayor, he refused
>>> to be deployed to Iraq. Anyway, looks like he has asked
>>> for a delay in his trial so that he can appeal the last
>>> court decision to a higher court-- basing his appeal on
>>> double jeopardy. The wheels of justice grind slowly and
>>> are expensive. His unit will be returning soon.

>>
>> IMHO, if he didn't want to deploy he shouldn't have joined
>> the service (which branch ever)

>
> In general, I tend to agree that would have been a wiser course
> of action. ...

>
> "Dan Birchall" imaginary-host.danbirchall.com> wrote in message
> news:1192484704-sch@news.lava.net...

>
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Jerry Okamura wrote:
>
> [in the interests of good network ettiquette, I am
> triming the excess, aloha, al toda]
>

>> [modnote another reminder: please trim excess quotes.. tanx!]
>>
>> "Hertz_Donut" outhere.net> wrote in message
>> news:1192643706-sch@news.lava.net...

>

>>> It is not complicated at all.
>>>
>>> Watada had no right to refuse to go to Iraq.
>>>
>>> Watada is a coward.
>>>

> ...

> "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
> news:1192701901-sch@news.lava.net...

>>
>> Watada would disagree with you-- as would most of
>> the other countries in the world. His action is not
>> a political point. Watada is a soldier. And it's his
>> duty not to fight in an illegal war. To accuse him
>> of not doing the right thing is the real political
>> point in this issue.
>>

>
> Watada can disagree with my all he wants to. It is a
> real simple question. What makes the war with Iraq
> illegal? What is an illegal war? What is a legal
> war? If you start down that road, anyone of us with
> any knowledge of the subject matter, can poke holes
> through any definition you can dream up....want to
> try?

>
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Jerry Okamura wrote:
>
> [in the interests of good network ettiquette, I am
> triming the excess, aloha, al toda]
>

>> [modnote another reminder: please trim excess quotes.. tanx!]
>>
>> "Hertz_Donut" outhere.net> wrote in message
>> news:1192643706-sch@news.lava.net...

>

>>> It is not complicated at all.
>>>
>>> Watada had no right to refuse to go to Iraq.
>>>
>>> Watada is a coward.
>>>

> ...

>
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Jerry Okamura wrote:
>

>> "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
>> news:1192701901...