Drop the charges against L/Cpl Glenton
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The Rt Hon. Bob Ainsworth, MP
Secretary of State for Defence
Ministry of Defence
5th Floor, Main Building
Whitehall, London
SW1A 2HB
cc: Rt Hon. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister
Bill Rammell, MP Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Bruce Houlder QC, Director of Service Prosecutions
Dear Mr Ainsworth,
DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST LANCE CORPORAL JOE GLENTON.
Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, 27, joined the Army in 2004 and was sent to Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2006. He was shocked to find that the Afghan people, whom they had been told they had come to help, were fighting against British troops. Ashamed and disillusioned, he went AWOL in 2007. Two years later, he handed himself in. Charged with desertion, he faces up to two years in prison if convicted at his court martial which is provisionally set for January 2010.
L/Cpl Glentons decision to go AWOL was born not out of fear for his life, but out of respect for his life and his neighbours life, and the realisation that he had become, in his words, the tool of American foreign policy. He has the courage to express his inner conviction by refusing to return to Afghanistan to kill fellow human beings or be killed, in a cause he does not believe in.
He wrote to Prime Minister Gordon Brown last July to say that: The war in Afghanistan is not reducing the terrorist risk, far from improving Afghan lives it is bringing death and devastation to their country. Britain has no business there. I implore you, Sir, to bring our soldiers home. His wife and mother are entirely behind his decision. And the majority of people in the UK agree with them. In two recent polls, one in July 2009 (Populus/ITN), 59\% (68\% women and 49\% men) and another in October (YouGov/Channel 4), 62\% said they want the troops withdrawn immediately or in the coming year.
In the United States of America, Lieutenant Ehren Watada who refused to be part of the Iraq war as a matter of conscience has recently won his discharge from the army. We urge you to show at least equal respect for L/Cpl. Joe Glentons refusal to serve, and to drop the charges against him and all others who follow in his footsteps, refusing to fight in an illegal and immoral war.
Secretary of State for Defence
Ministry of Defence
5th Floor, Main Building
Whitehall, London
SW1A 2HB
cc: Rt Hon. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister
Bill Rammell, MP Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Bruce Houlder QC, Director of Service Prosecutions
Dear Mr Ainsworth,
DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST LANCE CORPORAL JOE GLENTON.
Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, 27, joined the Army in 2004 and was sent to Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2006. He was shocked to find that the Afghan people, whom they had been told they had come to help, were fighting against British troops. Ashamed and disillusioned, he went AWOL in 2007. Two years later, he handed himself in. Charged with desertion, he faces up to two years in prison if convicted at his court martial which is provisionally set for January 2010.
L/Cpl Glentons decision to go AWOL was born not out of fear for his life, but out of respect for his life and his neighbours life, and the realisation that he had become, in his words, the tool of American foreign policy. He has the courage to express his inner conviction by refusing to return to Afghanistan to kill fellow human beings or be killed, in a cause he does not believe in.
He wrote to Prime Minister Gordon Brown last July to say that: The war in Afghanistan is not reducing the terrorist risk, far from improving Afghan lives it is bringing death and devastation to their country. Britain has no business there. I implore you, Sir, to bring our soldiers home. His wife and mother are entirely behind his decision. And the majority of people in the UK agree with them. In two recent polls, one in July 2009 (Populus/ITN), 59\% (68\% women and 49\% men) and another in October (YouGov/Channel 4), 62\% said they want the troops withdrawn immediately or in the coming year.
In the United States of America, Lieutenant Ehren Watada who refused to be part of the Iraq war as a matter of conscience has recently won his discharge from the army. We urge you to show at least equal respect for L/Cpl. Joe Glentons refusal to serve, and to drop the charges against him and all others who follow in his footsteps, refusing to fight in an illegal and immoral war.
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Giorgio Riva
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- Payday supports Joe and Clare's Glenton stand all the way. We hope that Joe's refusal will encourage other soldiers of all nationalities involved in wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere to think again of the women, children and men whom they are there to kill. We will follow developments on our website www.refusingtokill.net
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- Nuremberg is specific, if a soldier believes a war to be wrong or illegal, he has the right, in conscience alone. to refuse to serve - indeed, he has a duty. Since we have been led in to two illegal wars for resources (gas pipeline, Afghanistan, oil, Iraq) it is the politicians who should be on trial, not Mr Glenton.
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- Everyone has a right to choose what they believe is right
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- The good man resists Satan
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- do the right thing, drop charges now.
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Dorothy Naor
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Dr.Chris Burns-Cox
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- This principled refusal makes your determination to kill foreigners evil as it is absurd. Shame on UK government.
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Bridget Anderson
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Anne & Richard Watson
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- Joe Glenton has shown integrity and bravery in speaking out on and refusing to return to Afghanistan
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- It`s time to accept that there is a far away civil war goin on in Afghanistan and we are not required there. If the new Afghani Government requests UN military aid that would probably be provided. Otherwise be wise and keep the UK out of this one.
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Inge Trott
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- This war in Afghanistan is unwinnable and a waste of our soldiers' lives
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Maggie Ronayne
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tim whitby
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- I am a supporter of the armed forces and have great respect for what they do. But I do not believe that Joe Glentorn should be prosecuted.
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Susan Stout
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- get out of Aghanistan!!
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Sheila Dunnachie
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- this war is illegal and people who refuse to serve should be admired not punished
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- Stop this crazy suicidal war NOW, and support Joe Glenton.
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Julia Cameron
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Joe Jenkins
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- L/Cpl Glenton and all who refuse to be part of an illegal war machine slaughtering women, children and men are innocent - bring the real criminals to trial - Blair, Brown, Bush, & Cheney to name but a few
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