Conscientious Objector

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who said his Christian beliefs compelled him to love his enemies, not kill them, has been granted conscientious objector status and honorably discharged, a civil liberties group said on Tuesday.

Capt. Peter Brown -- who served in Iraq for more than a year and was a graduate of the elite U.S. military academy West Point -- said in a statement issued by the New York Civil Liberties Union that he was relieved the Army had recognized his beliefs made it impossible for him to serve."

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What do you think about this soldiers conviction that he could not shoot an enemy in time of war?

My father was a CO in WWII. He took the position that he would not serve even in a supporting capacity such as a medic. He spent the war in a number of camps for COs at worked at the Byberry Insane Asylum and elsewhere. It wasn't a walk in the park. A number of COs in his unit volunteered for starvation and typhoid treament experiments. His younger brother served as a pilot on a B-24 over Germany and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.

There are different kinds of bravery.