The Military is Inconsistent When it Comes to Handling Deserters

Seattle Weekly | May 12, 2008
Some, like outspoken war opponent Lt. Ehren Watada, face courts-martial and potential jail sentences, while others are allowed to quietly leave with an "other than honorable discharge" -- the military's term for a discharge that falls somewhere between honorable and dishonorable.

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