US Army Chaplain Resigns

The last person with a conscience has left the US Army:

U.S. Army Reserve Chaplain Captain Christopher John Antal resigned from the U.S. Army Reserves on April 12 in opposition to U.S policies regarding militarized drones, nuclear weapons and preventive war. Antal stated he could not serve as a chaplain for an "empire" and could not "reconcile his duty to protect and defend America and its constitutional democracy and his commitment to the core principles of his religious faith including justice, equity and compassion and the inherent worth and dignity of every person" with policies of the United States.

His letter of resignation stated that he resigned because he could not support "unaccountable killing" through the U.S. armed drone policy and the Executive Branch claiming "the right to kill anyone, anywhere on earth, at any time, based on secret evidence, in a secret process, undertaken by unidentified officials."

Antal also cites his opposition to the U.S. nuclear weapons policy calling it a policy of "terror and mutually assured destruction that threatens the existence of humanity and the earth."

In his letter of resignation, Antal refuses to support the U.S. policy of "preventive war, permanent military supremacy and global power projection" in what he calls "imperial overreach through extra-constitutional authority and impunity from international law."

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It is my belief that all Christian chaplains and all military officers also should resign, for the same reasons. The fact that none do suggests none of them have a conscience ... and perhaps many of them also have no soul.

But our armies do not exist to "defend" us; they exist to kill the enemies of US oligarchs, bankgangsters, corporate CEOs, and their collaborators in the one percent. They need neither conscience nor soul to accomplish that purpose.