Since when does motivation mitigate the sentence for commiting a crime?
I don't care if the Virgin Mary sent him a tweet asking him not to go.
He took an oath of military service upon his honour and he broke it. This man has no personal honour.
He had no problems accepting all the benefits of being a commissioned officer, but when he got orders to deploy to a war zone, all of a sudden he has moral issues?
The military does not work that way and can't work that way. I see nothing in this case that would be a rational for him getting an administrative discharge and keep his military benefits.
Besides, as I posted before, I doubt this has anything to do with Obama and everything to do with cowardice. He is just trying to elicit sympathy and distract the issue by using Obama as an excuse.
We all know that you don't like Obama, and that's your right. But does your dislike for Obama truly cloud your interpretation of this case?
Would you have had the same position if this happened under Bush during the Invasion of Iraq?