
| Msg # 190 of 620 on ZZUK4446, Thursday 10-29-25, 2:25 |
| From: RONALD J. BARTLE |
| To: NY.TRANSFER.NEWS@BLYTHE.O |
| Subj: Re: US like Nazis, Says British Iraq Ref |
XPost: uk.politics, uk.media, soc.culture.british From: bartle.berlin@remove-this.freenet.de NY.Transfer.News@blythe.org schrieb: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > US like Nazis, Says British Iraq Refusnik / -- / > "As early as 2004 I regarded the United States to be on a par with Nazi > Germany as regards its activities in the Gulf," he told the court. > > Prosecutor David Perry asked: "Are you saying the U.S. is the moral > equivalent of the Third Reich?" to which Kendall-Smith replied "That's > correct." > > The judge in the case has already ruled that orders for British troops to > deploy to Iraq in 2005 were legal because the British presence was covered > by a United Nations Security Council resolution passed after the fall of > Saddam Hussein. > > Kendall-Smith has testified in his own defense as the only witness called in > the case. > > He said he initially tried to resign on learning he was being sent to Iraq, > but later concluded it was his duty to remain in the Air Force and refuse > the order. > > "I love the Air Force today as much as the day I volunteered, sir," he said. > > The case, before a civilian judge advocate and a panel of five officers, is > expected to conclude later on Wednesday. So he has been sentenced now. He got eight months. Does anybody have a snail-mail address for him. Perhaps his lawyers office or some other person close to him on the outside? ron b. (p.s. A crime dosen`t become legal just because it has already happened.) rb --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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