when the service would require him to violate basic rules of human conduct as defined by international law
"I joined because it was the only way I was going to get a college education," he says. He went through basic training, and in his spare time began learning about the campaign in Iraq on the internet. He says he became increasingly uncomfortable about the mission, then so disturbed that he considered killing himself. He brought his questions to a commanding officer, who told him to stop thinking so much.
Then, through the internet, he met a stranger who offered help...
Anne McIlroy/Guardian UK Apr.13.04
