Well said. I would like to add to that another name to those who have maligned Watada, and that would be another Paul, specifically Paul Rieckhoff, whom quasi-liberal Keith Olbermann loves to put on his show because of his criticism of Bush’s handling of the war/occupation. Even though Rieckhoff looks unfavorably upon Iraq, he is adamantly opposed to the immediate withdrawal of the troops from that abattoir in Iraq, claiming that the troops need more time to get the job done, what that may mean. As I indicated earlier, the macho Rieckhoff has in the past ripped into Watada, without acknowledging that those troops are being used as cannon fodder to justify the lies that they are told by this administration and that they are taking part in the continued occupation of Iraq. It also seems to be a forlorn hope of mine that Olbermann, the new icon of the left, will actually see fit to finally mention Watada and the fact that he is still the only commissioned officer to speak out against the occupation while still in the military. Yet Olbermann refuses to admit that Watada or his attorneys even exist. So much for more evidence of our liberal media at work.

One of the most vituperative attacks against Watada I have heard was on liberal radio talk show, delivered by Paul Hackett, the Dem from Ohio and former uniformed P. R. flack for the Army in the first round of U. S. atrocities against Faluja.