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Originally Posted by Fotzlid
All I'm saying is he signed a contract and is bound to it. If he didn't read the fine print that said he can be called back up then thats his problem.
Crompsin didn't want to go back either but he didn't call a press conference and refuse to go.
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While stop-loss (as far as I know) is legal, that doesn't make it right or wise for the government to use it. I'd argue that in the current situation it's both wrong and unwise for them to be using it. However, that isn't really the issue here. The issue is that the soldier in question considers his orders to deploy to Iraq to be illegal. A soldier has a duty (not a right, a duty) to refuse to obey an illegal order. For instance, if a soldier is ordered to execute a prisoner, that's an illegal order, and it's his duty to refuse. Now whether deployment to Iraq is an illegal order is up to debate, obviously, and I'm not a lawyer, so I can't make a judgement on that. From what I read, he's got some arguments on his side. We'll see how compelling they are, but I suspect he's in deep trouble. I'd be shocked if a judge decided that an entire war that thousands of troops are involved in, including the entire command structure of the army, is illegal.