The Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq did not fully understand a document he signed admitted to elements of the charges, the judge ruled. Watada was charged with conduct unbecoming and missing movement for staying behind when his brigade shipped out last June, as covered here. (I think war resisters deserve broad coverage, as I have explained.) Watada asserted that, because the war was illegal, his responsibility as an Army officer was to disobey his deployment order. Does any reader know if, under military law, he can face a second court-martial after the mistrial?
