I heard about this last week. I don’t know many details, but I do know this: soldiers disobeyed orders. According to Reuters:
U.S. soldiers who staged a mutiny and refused to go on a convoy in Iraq (news – web sites) felt commanders ignored their plight when they complained about the safety and condition of their vehicles, their relatives said on Monday….
Refusal to obey orders, especially in a combat zone, is a serious military offense.
Anxious to squash any suspicion of U.S. troop morale or discipline problems in Iraq, the Army said on Sunday it was investigating the “isolated incident” and preliminary findings indicated the soldiers were worried about maintenance and safety.
Do you think the soliders’ refusal was justified? Why/why not?
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Update (8:25 p.m.): TIME Magazine has a “story” about this already.
After assessing the situation, I now have an opinion. Our military has slowly been weakened and feminized, so what did you expect these people to do? Display qualities like honor and sacrifice (not to say that women don’t possess these qualities)? Refusal to obey orders in a combat zone? What they did was wrong, worse than anything at Abu Ghraib, and they should be punished. And the woman should be kicked out pronto.
New question for you: If this were WWII, what do you think this group’s fate would be? What do you think should happen to “Amber” for calling her mommy in the middle of a war and telling her to alert the media?
