Photocredit: Michelle Malkin See the Left’s Definition of a “hero” at Hot Air here

Is the real leftist goal of Watada’s court martial to make ‘conscientious objectors’ legitimate? It would seem to me that is what they are striving for, but this is interesting:

As his court-martial got under way, military judge Lt. Col. John Head refused to allow almost all defense witnesses to take the stand. Head previously ruled that Watada’s attorney, Eric Seitz, could not debate the legality of the Iraq war in court.

With that strategy out of the way, I wonder what other legal maneuvers his lefty lawyers will pull.

It’s good to see that there are people countering the anti-war people:

Outside the base, a small group that included actor Sean Penn demonstrated in support of Watada. A few others demonstrated against him, including one man who carried a sign calling Watada a “weasel.”

Look, if our nation is in a military conflict, and our fighting forces are volunteer, I don’t see how you can expect to sign up and not be sent to the Middle East. Most, as a matter of fact, support the war, and that’s why they volunteer. Watada’s family has a history of ‘dissent’, which pro Castro Leslie Cagan characterizes as “patriotic”. heh. That is an definition of an anti-American position, but fits in with the empty slogans.