"Fahrenheit" Soldier Investigated by Marines

The soldier who appeared in "Fahrenheit 9/11" and said he would refuse to return to Iraq is under preliminary investigation by the Marines to see if this potential refusal of an order violates any regulations and needs to be punished, according to USA Today. Marine Lance Cpl. Abdul Henderson says he hasn't changed his mind and now his unit faces a possible return to Iraq. Henderson says he would go to Afghanistan because he believes that war was justified. It's a difficult situation, but I certainly admire Henderson and, for example, Muhammad Ali, for taking a principled stand and paying the price here in the States rather than running to Canada as draft dodgers did in the Seventies. Mostly, I'm just glad it's an issue my generation never had to face.