LC Glenton says the Afghan war is unjust
Christopher King, Redress Information & Analysis, 3 August 2009
Christopher King explains why it is the legal obligation of soldiers and officers who have been ordered to carry out illegal orders to disobey them, in accordance with the Nuremburg Principles, and why everyone, from army commanders to rank-and file soldiers, are personally responsible for the orders they carry out.
Lance-Corporal Joe Glenton, facing court-martial for refusing to be redeployed to Afghanistan, has written to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, saying in part:
The war in Afghanistan is not reducing the terrorist risk, far from improving Afghan lives it is bringing death and devastation to their country. Britain has no business there. I do not believe that our cause in Afghanistan is just or right. I implore you, sir, to bring our soldiers home.
Having served in Afghanistan, unlike Gordon Brown who has no services experience, Lance-Corporal (LC) Glenton knows what he is talking about. Further, he says:
It is my primary concern that the courage and tenacity of my fellow soldiers has become a tool of American foreign policy.
LC Glenton is clearly a young man of intelligence and thoughtfulness. Unlike Gordon Brown who stands to be paid off in cash by the Americans and Israelis like his friend Anthony Blair, LC Glenton has earned the right to form, hold and express his views on this war. And to act on them.
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British Lance-Corporal Joe Glenton refuses to go to Afghanistan
LC Glenton says the Afghan war is unjust
Christopher King, Redress Information & Analysis, 3 August 2009
Christopher King explains why it is the legal obligation of soldiers and officers who have been ordered to carry out illegal orders to disobey them, in accordance with the Nuremburg Principles, and why everyone, from army commanders to rank-and file soldiers, are personally responsible for the orders they carry out.
Lance-Corporal Joe Glenton, facing court-martial for refusing to be redeployed to Afghanistan, has written to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, saying in part:
The war in Afghanistan is not reducing the terrorist risk, far from improving Afghan lives it is bringing death and devastation to their country. Britain has no business there. I do not believe that our cause in Afghanistan is just or right. I implore you, sir, to bring our soldiers home.
Having served in Afghanistan, unlike Gordon Brown who has no services experience, Lance-Corporal (LC) Glenton knows what he is talking about. Further, he says:
It is my primary concern that the courage and tenacity of my fellow soldiers has become a tool of American foreign policy.
LC Glenton is clearly a young man of intelligence and thoughtfulness. Unlike Gordon Brown who stands to be paid off in cash by the Americans and Israelis like his friend Anthony Blair, LC Glenton has earned the right to form, hold and express his views on this war. And to act on them.
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Tags: American foreign policy, Anthony Blair’s lies, Barack Obama and cover-up of torture, Binyam Mohammed, Christopher King, Flight-Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith, Gordon Brown, illegal war, Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, Nuremburg Principles, Pashtun population, war crimes, war in Afghanistan
This entry was posted on August 4, 2009 at 8:57 am and is filed under Commentary, crime, Human rights, imperialism, Iraq, President Barack Obama, torture, Uncategorized, US policy, USA, war. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.