Another Reservist Refuses to go: ’I won’t fight for profit’

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Another Reservist Refuses to go: ’I won’t fight for profit’

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His 3-year term of service was scheduled to end in August of 2004. Last July, he received a call from his sergeant. "She said she had bad news--I had been one of the soldiers selected to serve in Iraq. I was stunned and shocked."

Webb was a victim of the stop-loss program. This program, which made its first appearance in the Gulf War of the early 1990s, keeps soldiers scheduled for deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan from leaving when their term of service ends.

"This policy is practically an unofficial draft," he said. "It is conscription against a person’s will."

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[Dhalgren]

1. He is absolurely right.

"This policy is practically an unofficial draft," he said. "It is conscription against a person’s will." But he doesn't live in a free country anymore. So he'll serve or go to prison - it's the American way...

[Us vs Them]

2. "She said she had bad news..."

You mean he didn't consider this to be his shining oppertunity to act as a hero to America??

[hector459]

3. I wish we had more who refused.

They are not "defending their country." They are defending the Bush administration.