Petition Congress, Free Lt. Ehren Watada Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

#	Name	Comments
101	connie demore	God bless you for being strong enough to refuse to go to Iraq. I respect you and pray for you.
102	Cliff Favro Rivera	Judges 7
103	Sal Bono	It takes an incredible amount of courage to stand up to a lie propagated by the rulers of the United States. I fear that Lt. Watada's situation will be made a "horrible example" by the military, just as I saw it done in small and large ways during my time in the Army in Viet Nam. I salute you, Lt. Watada and your just cause, attempting to make right a national nightmare. True patriots will celebrate and support you.
104	Anonymous	Please do what is right.
105	Anonymous	Please do what is right.
106	Chris Noelke	Bring all of our soldiers home from Iraq now!
107	Isabelle MARCHAL - Belgium
108	kevin larmee	I support Lt. Watada, and his cause
109	Thomas Craven	1st LT Watada speaks the truth and is being denied due process. It is time for the legislative branch of our government to grow some balls and stand up to a tyrant who is trampling our precious system of government by and for the people.
110	Christopher B Harris
111	amy billington
112	Denis Morel	Lieutenant Watada shows real courage and bravery. He is a genuine hero.
113	Viktor Lewin	If more officers of the Wehrmacht had the courage as Lt. Watada has now to disobey insane orders than countless millions would not have been victims of Hitler's lunacy.
114	Elizabeth Memel	No one has moved my heart and soul as much as Robert Y. Watada. He must be understood and appreciated by every elected official in the United States since these officials represent the will of the people. Ehren Watada is an exemplary citizen representing the people's collective conscience.
115	John Jackson	Loyalty as long as it does not conflict with honor. Life as it should be.
116	Cory Jones
117	Kenneth Walton	Lt. Watada broke no laws and should never have been court martialed. He should now be allowed to resign from the service and to continue to lead a lawful life. Congress should intervene in this case to insure justice is done.
118	Pamela Random	It is my opinion that Lt Watada has lived up to his contratct. I belive the U.S. governmentr must do the same. Honor him for his service and let him go.
119	Lawrence Berk	I fully support Robert Y. Watada's plea to Congress that public hearings be held to determine the legality of this war. His son should not be court martialed for standing up for the U.S. Constitution, his conscience, and for doing what is morally and legally right.
120	Courtney Phillips
121	David Dee Ludwick	Veteran US Army, 101st Airborne, 3rd Infantry and 1st Armored Division. I remember watching the Army destroy itself durring Viet Nam and am watching with a morbid sense of deja vu the same thing beginning to happen to the US Army in Iraq. Seeing the button that says display my name as anonymous on the signitures llist inspires me to say, like John Hancock make my signiture LARGE so that King, er, uh, President George can read it clearly, as thus DAVID DEE L:UDWICK 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION "RAKKASAN"
122	Pat Mason	The "Nuremberg principles" that evolved from an international inquiry into the atrocities of World War II dictate that an officer has an obligation to reject orders he or she considers illegal. Chief War Hawk Richard Perle has even admitted that the Bush Administration "ignored international law" in ordering the invasion and that "the law would have forced us to leave Saddam alone."
123	Thomas Billroth Gottlieb	Dear folks: Ehren Watada has demonstrated a devotion to the US Constitution which exceeds the understanding by my Congress of this document. Please become familiar with these issues presented by Mr. Watada and support my Constitution. Tom Gottlieb
124	nahida
125	Birte Person	This young man should be given a medal not jailtime.
126	Bob Heller	The attacks on 9/11 were not just attacks on our citizens and buildings, they were attacks on our economy.. To continue the bankrupting of our country in their name aids and abets the enemy that attacked us!
127	Linda Leonard	I greatly admire Lt. Watada as a true patriot.
128	susan oden	Listen up, congress: We are sick of your treason (some of you). You are as guilty as Bush and Cheney. You have violated your oaths, and are traitors to the American people, the Constituion, and our country. Here is a young man with more integrity in his little finger than all of you put together. We the People will not stand for him to be punished and you to go free. Better get your priorites straight, NOW. OBEY THE CONSTITUTION. Ehren Watada is a true American patriot. Turn yourselves around before it's too late. Honor your oaths, and the demands of this petition.
129	Jason Thomas	For a patriot, the constitution is more than just a goddamned piece of paper.
130	Lance Ciepiela	Certainly, Congress does not expect members of our Armed Forces to obey unlawful orders, especially when such unlawful orders are resulting in war crimes against an innocent nation. Their pledge to defend the Constitution obligates everyone to carry out lawful orders only that do not violate the United Nations Charter and the Nuremberg Principles. Therefore, I support the Watada family in their request for Congressional Hearings for Lt Watada.
131	Julie Betterley
132	Johnny Jordan	As William A. Russ, Jr. notes in The Hawaiian Revolution, the Russian minister, Prince Cantacuzene, put it succinctly to U.S. Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham in 1893: “. . . is it not a little singular that your Government, a Republic, should establish a Monarchy?” Cantacuzène-Spéransky of Iordache Cantacuzene. Capt. Rodion Cantacuzene, U.S.N. Ret.. ... OK ...
133	Berit Westby	I wish all soldiers would refuse to commit war crimes.
134	Marilyn Pursley
135	Anonymous
136	Anonymous
137	Brenda G. Evans	This young man is the one officer in our armed forces who actually did his duty to the oath he swore. It is long past time for this travesty of an illegal occupation to be over, and the people who lied us into it punished as they richly deserve.
138	Tony Campillo	ALL SOULS Are not souls the very essence, the part, the only part of the Creator of all? The universe or more, if that is the case, and all the rest is but a creation of his mind. How many souls are there? Can anyone put a limit on what the creator would do or tell him that what he has done is enough? What brings this to mind is my seeing a man on his hands and knees at 5:30 in the morning in the street with just a t-shirt on and it is 48 degrees outside. I did not stop for this hurt soul but I did mention him to his Creator. Is that enough? Is there such a thing as just a drunk or is there always a story to go along with the soul? Vets have been in the news; was this one who has seen or done something his soul will not accept? War has mangled every part of the human body from the physical to the mental and can anyone doubt that the soul would be affected? How can any other soul not be affected when it is known that all souls belong to the same Creator? War is not the all, as we know that there are a multitude of causes that can afflict the body and some will set a soul free afore times are finished as surely as a war. What does the soul think of this type of situation? What of the poor, the homeless, that because of a circumstance, have naught? What of the souls that have; should they share; is there limited space in the Creators abode and so we keep the souls who fall from a chance to share? Sharing some thoughts. Tony 11/18/07
139	Roy Mahoff
140	Ann Riehle
141	Ann Riehle	This is an illegal war, given to us by the courtesy of the Bush administration, and neo-cons based on lies and deceptions, in order to steal Iraq's oil, and lay an oil pipe line through Afghanistan. It was planned long in advance of 9/11, and was based on greed, freedom had nothing to do with it. Freedom is a farce. Good for Lt. Watada, for having the guts and heroics to say no to this illegal holocaust. I just wish the entire militia would lay their arms down and refuse to do more damage to those we have inflicted ourselves on. The Iraqi's and the Afghani's are NOT the insurgents, the US is. They are fighting for their homes, we are fighting for their oil, and to keep the no bid contractors, such as Cheney's Halliburton in business with obscene profits. This is what our children are dying for. Remember Bush said, The Constitution is just a god damn piece of paper, and has been putting it through the paper shredder ever since. I hope Lt. Watada decides to go into politics after this. He will be one, reasoning, ethical, discerning politician. Something we badly need. A big heroes welcome to you, Lt. Watada.
142	Ariel Master	Lieutenant Watada did the right thing. Now it's your turn.
143	James Marvin	FREE EHREN WATADA!
144	Margaret A. Kidd	It is the constitutional duty of the representatives of both houses to conduct exhaustive hearings in light of the growing evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors within the executive branch on the basis of "informed consent of the governed"
145	Amy Durfee West	Lt. Watada is a true American hero. His father's questions deserve to be answered. This strikes at the very heart of what it means to live in a government of laws and not of men. Please conduct the requested hearings.
146	len terrill	He is a human first, with feelings, and a soldier second, with orders. Orders that go against those human feelings. Do the right think; show your feelings: compassion.
147	James Fisher
148	Daniel Piscione-Marotta	this man is truly an American hero
149	Toby Loftus	The constant frittering away of civil liberties and the dismantling of the Constitutional rights must stop!
150	Craig E. Wooding	I am a Vietnam era veteran and Jane Fonda still makes me sick but the courage of this young officer in opposing this "war" inspires me. If we were at total war with an acknowledged enemy as in WWII I would say shoot the man. But we are not and I remain convinced that we entered this war under false pretenses and then have conducted it in a way that shows we have never intended to win any "wars" that we have entered since Korea.