Councilman-elect Basil Dalack, 76, a Korean War veteran, won an uncontested election to fill a vacancy on the five-person council of the southeast Florida town of Tequesta.
But he is refusing to take the oath of office -- due to be administered on Thursday -- because the oath requires him to "support, protect and defend" the government. His decision comes at a time when polls show ebbing support for the war.
Dalack said he believes the U.S. war in Iraq is unjust and "an abomination." He said he could not sleep at night if he took a pledge implying blanket support for the U.S. government.
"Those dead kids in Iraq, American kids and Iraqi kids, would haunt me," Dalack said.
You have to admire his integrity. As a Korean war veteran I think that this patriotism is above reproach.
Being ashamed of our government is the new black.
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