Well, can you blame him for wanting to stay out of prison? He’s made his bed and now all he can do is try to work some of the lumps into a more comfortable position.
Watada enlisted, accepted a commission to lead men in the US Army and swore an oath.
He has reneged on all that because he believes this is an illegal war. It is not up to the individual troop to decide what is legal or illegal, if it was we wouldn’t have a military.
I might not blame him for wanting to stay out of prison but if he was a man of integrity, which he is not, he would be willing to suffer the conesequences of his illegal behavior.