Another man of conscience chimes in:
Having served three years and nine months in the U.S. Army, Agosto was to complete his contract and be discharged on Aug. 3. But due to his excellent record of service and accrued leave, he was to be released the end of June. Nevertheless, due to the stop-loss program, the Army decided to deploy him to Afghanistan anyway.

Stop-loss is a program the military uses to keep soldiers enlisted beyond the terms of their contracts. Since Sep. 11, 2001, more than 140,000 troops have had tours extended by stop-loss.
Agosto posted copies of the Counseling Statements issued by the Army on his Facebook page. Counseling Statements outline actions taken by the Army to discipline Agosto for his refusal to obey a direct order from his company commander.

On one of them, dated May 1, Agosto's written statement appears: "There is no way I will deploy to Afghanistan. The occupation is immoral and unjust. It does not make the American people any safer. It has the

He is a soldier! What in the world is he doing in the military? It is voluntary, the last time I checked. I wonder how he would feel if the terrorist blew up another American city and killed thousands of our citizens?

"What if a terrorist...." --the same old fear crap.
Agosto obviously discovered his conscience somehow--is that so incredible? He's a human being who woke up--why don't you?