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Jan 27, 2006

"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." --Charles DuBois

Call of Duty

Yonatan Shapira, an Israeli Black Hawk helicopter pilot who in September 2003 made public a “pilots’ letter of refusal” which he authored and 26 other pilots signed. “We refuse to take part in attacks by the Air Force on civilian populations, and we refuse to harm innocent civilians. These acts are illegal and immoral, and the direct result of the ongoing occupation, which corrupts Israeli society.” Despite Shapira and his co-signers' declared intent to continue to serve on defensive missions, they were promptly dismissed from the Air Force.