Posted by madeline on October 14, 2006, at 11:15:58
In reply to Re: If I were an MD, I think I would volunteer to, posted by alexandra_k on October 14, 2006, at 7:57:16
Would you feel any different if the doctor had deployed to Iraq but then refused to treat the wounded there because he disagreed with the politics?
If a policeman and a burgular shoot each other, a physician has to treat both patients - he doesn't get to pick which patient he agrees with.
If an ordinary enlisted man had refused to deploy to Iraq, saying "I will not kill a single person for your politics" then I would absolutely support his decision.
But this isn't a soldier - it is a doctor. Not only that - one that freely enlisted in order to treat the injured in battle.
In my mind, he may have a legal ground on which to stand, but his morals seem to be a bit questionable.
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