re: hardly a good analogy.
In the case of marriage there are legal means to get out of a bad marrage (divorce).
Some contracts (Land for example) require specific performance. You can't get out of the contract...(For good reason -- no two pieces of land are the same).
I suspect military commitments are similair with a few exceptions (that did not apply in this case) in that they require specific performance.
He bought it and he must pay for it. Period. End of story.
I don't feel any sympathy for him.
Scott Evil