Category Archives: Watada

This is 50

March 9, 2007 – 12:59 am

by Bob Boynton
This is it — number 50.

When I started I did not know how far it would go. It has gotten to 50. This is the 50th blog entry at Globalizing News.
It has been going for 15 weeks. That is an average of 3.3 entries per week. Since I was on holiday at Christmas [...]

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Quashing communication

February 8, 2007 – 5:02 pm

by Bob Boynton
As CNN phrased it — the military judge quashed the defense of lieutenant Watada. According to the judge he could not defend his refusal to go to Iraq on the basis that it is an illegal war nor could he defend his public statements against the war on the grounds of freedom of [...]

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So, what is global news?

February 8, 2007 – 12:15 am

by Bob Boynton
It starts with lieutenant Watada. This is the way CNN World introduced their report.
Anti-war activists consider 1st Lt. Ehren Watada a hero for his refusal to go to Iraq.
The Army accuses him of betraying his fellow soldiers.

He is a hero or he is betraying his fellow soldiers. The contrasting views of the lieutenant’s [...]

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