What Happens When men Refuse To Support The War?

Put on trial for refusing to go to war:

'via Blog this' Sgt. Kevin Benderman--who applied for conscientious objector status before his unit was scheduled to redeploy to Iraq late last year--learned last week that the Army had rejected his application, setting the stage for his May 12 court-martial trial at Fort Stewart in Georgia.

Paredes faces up to one year behind bars, a bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of pay and a reduction in rank--Benderman could be jailed for up to seven years and given a dishonorable discharge.

The military is throwing the book at Paredes and Benderman in the hope of silencing them and squelching further dissent in the ranks. Paredes has been a constant campaigner against the war since he appeared at the 32nd Street Naval Station in San Diego December 6--where his ship was scheduled to leave from--wearing a T-shirt that read, "Like a cabinet member, I resign!"

At the impromptu press conference he organized that day, Paredes pointed out that he would have been safely removed from almost all dangers of the war--but that he didn't want to be an accomplice in the occupation of Iraq, which his ship's mission was aiding. "The fact is that on December 6th, when this all started...there were only two options," Pablo says. "One was right and one was wrong, and I have no regrets."