Refusal to fight:
Worse than murder?
Free Market News, 23 May 2006
British soldiers refusing to fight in the war on Iraq
may face bleaker futures than a brutal murderer does ... at least
according to What Really Happened website-owner Michael Rivero, who says
there's a new measure about to pass through the House of Commons that
will insure this outcome.
He cites the current Armed Forces Bill that calls for soldiers refusing
to participate in the military occupation of a foreign country to face
life imprisonment sentences. The bill would change the definition of
"desertion" to encompass those who go absent without leave, with the
intention of refusing to take part in an overseas invasion or occupation
force, and not just those leaving the front lines while already under
fire.
He then points to a story about the bloody beating of a man, long past
the point of his death, for which the murderer is now receiving the
minimum sentence of 14 years. "So, if you're a well-behaved murderer you
can be released from prison after 14 years," Rivero observes, "but if
you are in the army and refuse to commit murder you can be imprisoned
for life." - ST
staff reports - Free-Market News Network
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