So what do all you concrete-thinking Pongoes, who want to string him up and reckon Abu-Ghraib would be too good for him, think of the SAS trooper who decided he didn't want to go back to Iraq? That bloke was given a handshake from his colonel and an honourable discharge.
Ah right, so everyone who thinks the guy did wrong is one of the above? Don't think so.
As for the SAS guy, he did as he was told on numerous occassions and then did the equivalent of resigning. Something the RAF chap didn't want to do. He also NEVER deployed to the actual war zone.
Let's not be under any illusions here. This fellow's real crime was not that he didn't want to go to Iraq, it was that he made a noise and embarrassed HM forces.
Actually it was the fact that he disobeyed a direct, Lawful and legal command.
Perhaps he should have been sentenced to X amount of community service as a NHS A&E Doctor (about 3 yrs would be right!)