Soldier Box: Why I Won't Return to the War on Terror

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Anti-war soldier Joe Glenton in medal return protest". BBC News. 2010-11-19 . Retrieved 2023-09-10. D.C. antiwar march draws thousands on seventh-anniversary of Iraq invasion". The Washington Post . Retrieved 31 October 2014. His mother, Sue Glenton, said: "I am extremely angry. The court barely paid lip service to justice. That means if someone who’s voluntarily joined the armed forces develops a conscientious objection, like we’ve seen from many US soldiers around Iraq – many of whom are now in military prisons, like Kimberly Rivera, a pregnant mother-of-four who is in prison in Colorado for ten months – they also have the right to claim conscientious objector status, just like those who are conscripted into the armed forces.’ This week, 19-year-old Natan Blanc was jailed for the tenth time in six months for refusing to enlist for compulsory military service in Israel.

Ten long years that we have engaged in war, dropping bombs, killing people, spending trillions of dollars.a b "More than 10,000 march on Pentagon, leading war profiteers". Answer.pephost.org. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009 . Retrieved 2009-07-16. After being released, he authored a book titled “Solider Box, ” which chronicles his transformation from a potential soldier into a rebel against what he eventually viewed as unlawful military action.

Thousands in France, Germany protest Afghan military deployments". Archived from the original on January 13, 2016.Anti-war protesters pepper sprayed at Smithsonian museum". Archived from the original on June 13, 2018 . Retrieved 31 October 2014. When he first raised with his staff sergeant his reluctance to be deployed again, instead of being dealt with in a sensible way, it resulted in the sergeant at the time bullying and intimidating L/Cpl Glenton," he said. Opinion polls suggest the majority of Britons want a speedy withdrawal of British troops ... Politicians have to get in step with public opinion and announce a date to bring troops home. In Los Angeles, thousands marched down Hollywood Boulevard to call for all U.S. troops to be brought home. A 4,000-strong crowd took part in the "Stop the Wars" march and rally. [38] [40] Once in the Army, there is no democracy, as Joe Glenton’s case exposes. When Joe questioned the war he was bullied by his commanding officer, called a ‘malingerer’ and a ‘coward’. The levels of PTSD have soared in this conflict. Combat Stress, an organisation which helps veterans with mental health problems, has seen a 66% increase in referrals in the last 4 years. When it is taken to account that it veterans an average of 14 years to come forward to Combat Stress about mental health problems, the words of one Welfare Officer, Ron Mann, that this is the ‘tip of the iceberg’, are a frightening warning of things to come. [1] The real war criminals go free

He handed himself in after two years and six days' absence, during which he went to south-east Asia and Australia. A 2005 episode of the History Channel series Wild West Tech featured an account of the Glanton Gang, focusing on Glanton's misdeeds as a scalp hunter. These scenes were filmed at Old Tucson Studios near Tucson, Arizona. Like Glenton, Griffin questioned both the legality of the war and the way it was being conducted. He was discharged from the army. During the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the U.S. government is spending billions for wars and occupations, while millions lose their jobs and housing and go without health insurance. Military prosecutor Gemma Sayer told the hearing Glenton could face a further charge, though she did not give details. She said the Royal Military Police would interview himthis afternoon in connection with this second matter.Harry is Prince Harry: an imperfect lens through which to divine the general psychology of Britain’s veterans. And yet he is a veteran, and being one clearly remains an animating force in his life. If he sounds callous about death, as he did when he previously compared his military duties to playing PlayStation, it is because he probably is. Just as many of us are. And doubly so in his case, because he went through a dehumanising Eton as well as military training. Glenton overcame his obstacles and persisted in his struggle for what he believed in, undoubtedly thanks in large part to the support of his loved ones. Joe Glenton Net Worth Anti-war soldier Joe Glenton in medal return protest". BBC News. 2010-11-19 . Retrieved 2023-08-03.