Lieutenant refuses deployment to Iraq
Pull my finger
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From: Arizona
No it's OK, his reasons are perfectly fine for not wanting to go, however, I think he should go because he knew what he was expected to do for signing up.
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Graduating from any of the military academies requires 6 years of service as a commissioned officer, if you don't graduate you have to finish a total of six years from the time you started the academy. I turned down a Presidential appointment to the Naval Academy in my senior year in high school after reading this in the fine print (Viet Nam was the main assignment for new lt's and ensigns), turned down an appointment to OCS when I was in boot camp because it meant a 2 year commitment after completing OCS (see comment above). I was a draftee and only had 2 year total commitment and by the time I got out of boot camp and OTC I had little more than a year to go. I got out of the Corps in 1971.
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From: nj
I think the fact that he is one of the few people actually calling out Bush's administration is admirable.
The masses are so desensitized to everything and we lack critical thinking skills/general intelligence that we let the government pretty much con us into anything they desire to do.... Bush's Administration capitalized on this fact and Bush got his war, got re-elected because of the war ("terror threat"), and one branch of the government mislead another with FALSE intelligence (WMD's)
Bush is in the wrong. But Homeboy is also in the wrong because unfortunately he did Sign his life over to the Man whom he is rebeling against.
6 yearsPrison and being called a coward for the rest of his life , better than bein dead.
The masses are so desensitized to everything and we lack critical thinking skills/general intelligence that we let the government pretty much con us into anything they desire to do.... Bush's Administration capitalized on this fact and Bush got his war, got re-elected because of the war ("terror threat"), and one branch of the government mislead another with FALSE intelligence (WMD's)
Bush is in the wrong. But Homeboy is also in the wrong because unfortunately he did Sign his life over to the Man whom he is rebeling against.
6 yearsPrison and being called a coward for the rest of his life , better than bein dead.
There is no reason to make this debate political.
I am so glad that there are thousands of others willing to step up, knowing the dangers, but also knowing that they have a job to do and an obligation to fulfill.
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From: Sarasota, Florida
If you sign up, you are at the will of the administration. What you feel about how they do there job does not matter. The undersigned can (will) fight in the war or wars that the govt. at the time deems just.
you = get paid/ they = get a warrior
Throw that bitch in the brig
That is all
you = get paid/ they = get a warrior
Throw that bitch in the brig
That is all