Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Friday, February 18, 2005
American Conscientious Objector needs your support
“What is wrong with a country where war is glorified and fighting for peace is cowardly?”
--Monica Benderman, CO’s wife
When I saw the recent news report about the U.S. military moving toward the use of robot soldiers, I could not resist the obvious retort: Wasn’t that already the case? No less an authority on mass murder than Henry Kissinger once remarked: “Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.” To buy into this mentality, however, is to write off any possibility of solidarity with American military personnel...like, for example, Sgt. Kevin Benderman.
Monica and Kevin Benderman
Benderman, a decorated Iraq war veteran with 10 years service in the US Army, a man who believes “War robs you of your humanity. It makes people do terrible things they would otherwise never do,” filed for Conscientious Objector status in December 2004 and now faces a possible 7 years in prison.
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