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Human Argument Against War
It has been months since I publicly refused to assist in destroying Iraq. I did so by refusing to Board the USS Bon Homme Richard and refusing to become complicit in this illegal and morally anemic plight in Iraq. There have been moments when it seemed to me that the military would work within the rule of its own laws and grant me Conscientious Objector Status, but those moments are far behind me. I see even clearer now, that like the last 4 and a half years of my own life, everyone who has enlisted in the cause of war, however indirectly, has no autonomy.
It has been months since I publicly refused to assist in destroying Iraq. I did so by refusing to Board the USS Bon Homme Richard and refusing to become complicit in this illegal and morally anemic plight in Iraq. There have been moments when it seemed to me that the military would work within the rule of its own laws and grant me Conscientious Objector Status, but those moments are far behind me. I see even clearer now, that like the last 4 and a half years of my own life, everyone who has enlisted in the cause of war, however indirectly, has no autonomy.
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