{"id":3168,"date":"2004-12-08T12:32:25","date_gmt":"2004-12-08T17:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/3168.html"},"modified":"2004-12-08T12:32:25","modified_gmt":"2004-12-08T17:32:25","slug":"hell-no-he-wont-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/hell-no-he-wont-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Hell no, he won’t go"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a shame to see stories like these<\/a>, but one has to assume that we’ll be seeing more of them in the coming months.<\/p>\n

A Navy petty officer opposed to the war in Iraq refused to board his ship Monday as sailors and Marines deployed for the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n

Petty Officer 3rd Class Pablo Paredes, 23, said he has opposed the war since its inception. Until recently, the weapons-control technician said he did not feel he had a direct role in the war. Two weeks ago, however, he said he was involuntarily transferred to the amphibious transport USS Bonhomme Richard, which ferries Marines to Iraq. <\/p>\n

“I don’t want to be a part of a ship that’s taking 3,000 Marines over there, knowing a hundred or more of them won’t come back,” he said. “I can’t sleep at night knowing that’s what I do for a living.”<\/p>\n

Paredes of the New York City borough of the Bronx said he joined the Navy in 2000 and has 20 months left on his six-year enlistment. He said he was stationed previously in Japan. <\/p>\n

He said he was young and naive when he joined the Navy and “never imagined, in a million years, we would go to war with somebody who had done nothing to us.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately for Paredes, that’s not a justification that will work under a court martial.
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\nFor what it’s worth, Paredes hopes to start a trend.<\/p>\n

He said he hopes his protest might inspire other sailors, soldiers and Marines to refuse to take part in the war. <\/p>\n

“I know other people are feeling the same way I am, and I’m hoping more people will stand up,” he said. “They can’t throw us all in jail.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Actually, Mr. Paredes, they can try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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