The founder of the movement is a career anti-war activist, long preceding his enlistment. He enlisted in the Navy because he was "broke and seeking direction."

He has a perfect right (like any milblogger or other military person with a point of view) to his own opinions, and especially, to make those opinions public. Note that his existence neutralizes the stupid argument that the only reason you hear pro-war sentiments from military people is because the other ones are "suppressed." As the article I linked to above shows, Hutto is not being threatened with anything, much less a "courtmartial."

What irks me is those who are trying to sell this guy as some gung-ho John Wayne type who was dragged to a reluctant epiphany by the war in Iraq. The news story and video you linked to was a good example of this lie.

That you were led down yet another primrose path is hardly news, but I thought others might want the information.