Norfolk-based sailor uses Web to channel opposition to war (Halp me Jon Carry!)

The Virginian-Pilot ^ | 11-5-06 | Louis Hansen

[SlowBoat407]

Don't want to go where the military goes? Don't sign up. Get your precious ACLU to feed and clothe you.

[PghBaldy]

WHY is this not illegal for active duty men (or women) to do this?

[rockrr]

No Hutto (WTH kinda name is Hutto?!), you don't "live in a democracy" you dumba$$. You are a member of the military and have a responsibility to use your brain and not your mouth.

[dhs12345]

"The Navy couldn't have known it then, but they know it now: They had signed up a sailor strongly opposed to the Iraq war."

Or pretty much everything else the Navy are involved in or stand for.

[wildcatf4f3]

got as far as political science at howard university...thats all i needed to know

[SC Swamp Fox]

Hutto, 29, lives and works aboard the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt. When he enlisted, the Navy trained him as a photographer. He writes for the ship newspaper and anchored its shipwide television broadcast.

I wonder what his shipmates think of him. When does the TR deploy again.

[FairOpinion]

Courtmartial him!

I thought what he was doing is not allowed under military rules.

[rmlew]

It's kind of scary that our military enlistment officers are either too stupid or too handcuffed to prevent an obvious Fifth Columnist from enslisting.

[bigbob]

Long history of left-wing moonbat activism, including the stupid "million man march" (divide by 10,000)

[maine-iac7]

WHY is this not illegal for active duty men (or women) to do this?

It is illegal - his commanders need to be contacted

Off-duty, he shifts between the campus of Old Dominion University and the cafés and bookstores in Ghent. Armed with a laptop and cell phone, Hutto leads a group of volunteers in an online campaign against the war.

I have a son in law, Navy Pilot; his brother, seal on way to Iraq, demolitions; grandson, Airborne Task Force - over there. They'd all speak out plenty if they could - FOR US.

This little puke needs to be shut up. This is the problem with the libs. They recognize rules as being made only for everyone else.

[Rembrandt_fan]

I once read of a 'peace activist' during the Vietnam War--whose name unfortunately escapes me--who enlisted in the Army as a means to sew discontent in the ranks. He was, I gather, quite effective in creating dissension and lowering morale.

Look, I don't mind that the guy has Malcolm X photos on his desk, I don't care that he's a supporter of the ACLU, and I particularly don't care that he went to an Ivy League college. I do mind, however, when a service member violates the oath--in spirit if not in fact. I mind very much when they encourage others in uniform to perform less than their best.

Since we evidently can't hang him, discharge him. Now, today, immediately. And I could hardly believe that 'finalist for sailor of the year' business. While former Army myself, both my paternal grandfather and my father were sailors. He shames the uniform.

And there's another thing, too: will someone on the Left please furnish a cogent, logical argument why the war in Iraq is a bad thing? Speaking in catchphrases and platitudes is not a valid means of argument. Why is it 'not worth it?' I have several acquaintances on the left, some vehemently antiwar, but they can never defend their position in any coherent way. Some kind of lockstep party-think is at work, and I simply don't understand why seemingly intelligent people go for it.

[PzLdr]

Transfer him to Iraq. When he does the "I won't go" dance - then you can court martial him.

[SCHROLL]

His C.O. should calmly pull him aside and inform him his work hasn't gone for naught. "We're withdrawing from Iraq starting with you son. Here's your dishonorable discharge, now get the hell off my ship."

[NY Attitude]

Do they still use dummies for "man overboard" drills?

[Freee-dame]

Ivy League college

Do you have Howard University confused with Harvard University?

[Rembrandt_fan]

Yup, sorry. I've been up working, taking the occasional FReeper break, and juxtaposed the two in my (very foggy) mind.

[pacpam]

He's not just against the war, he is against the military as an organization, in any form it may take. He enlisted to create hate and discontent. How far he gets is yet to be determined.

[dakine]

"...the cafés and bookstores in Ghent"

Don't ask, don't tell....

[TigersEye]

Commies. Send 'em to Siberia.

[geopyg]

Sounds more to me like he enlisted to become a spy. He should be treated as such.