[76834]

Any comment I could possibly say about this yellow belly would get me kicked of FR.

[MegaSilver]

If Canada grants him refugee status, we should cut off all trade with them.

[Texasforever]

Why isn't the guy that helped him under arrest?

[alancarp]

Two things come to mind immediately:

(1) Immoral/Illegal comments -- can't POSSIBLY stand up during his Court-Martial since he enlisted AFTER the Iraqi war began.
(2) Product of a public school education that doesn't teach citizenship, freedom, and responsibility.

[Texasforever]

Here are some links for the guy that drove him to Canada
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-menuext&q=%22Carl+Rising%2DMoore%22

[hispanarepublicana]

[MEG33]

Thank heavens no soldier has to depend on this betrayer to save his life.He has no place in the army.What happens to him during war time should be more serious than a slap on the wrist and a discharge.

[dirtbiker]

Any comment I could possibly say about this yellow belly would get me kicked of FR.

Chicken comes to mind........and the slang word for a cat...........product of public schooling...........idiot..........moron.........traitor..........just to name a few......

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Too many kids think joining the military means seeing the world, sleeping with exotic foreign women, and getting money for college.

While all of these are, uh....true, it also means that preparing to die to protect the Constitution of the United States is always first and foremost. If kids today can't see this, then they have no business enlisting in the Armed Services.

[Frank_2001]

Bring the animal back and have a firing squad ready, forget that lethal injection nonsense!

[hispanarepublicana]

From betterwhois.com:

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[Spyder]

Sounds like the kid took those "Army of One" recruiting ads a bit too seriously.

[Keith in Iowa]

The kid needs a .45 caliber enema.

[Militiaman7]

What a worthless little yellow bellied coward Piece of S**t. He's not worthy to lick the boots of our brave men and women serving their country. A pox on him and his kind.

Canada can keep him.

[hispanarepublicana]

I wonder if Natalie Maines will say she's embarassed he's from Texas?
Oh yeah, PING.

[little jeremiah]

"I feel that if a soldier is given an order that he knows to not only be illegal, but immoral as well, then it his responsibility to refuse that order," he wrote in response to e-mailed questions from the San Angelo Standard-Times. "It is also my belief that if a soldier is refusing an order he knows to be wrong, it is not right for him to face persecution for it."


So why didn't he go fight for Saddam, then, if the US is so evil?

Answer: The a**hole is just plain chicken/scared. Now brainwashed by idiot traitor leftists.

[Bonaparte]

Isn't he a piece of work? Tries to dignify his own cowardice by calling a lawful military action "illegal," then breaks the law again by fleeing to Canada to avoid taking his medicine as the law requires. What trash. He'd make a perfect staffer for the Kerry campaign.

[af_vet_1981]

"I worry about him. I don’t know what’s going to happen. But at least Brandon is safe."

He is not safe. He is a coward.

[Joe_October]

He sounds gay to me. At least he pissed himself and left before he could do any harm. Can you imagine having him cover you in a war zone?

[ladyinred]

Another "hero" for the leftist media to parade around, one they helped create by their endless propaganda against the President and the war on terror.

[steplock]

In CONTRAST.......

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2004414101916/$file/torrez5lr.jpg

3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment memorializes fallen warrior
Submitted by: 1st Marine Division
Story Identification Number: 2004414101613
Story by Sgt. Jose L. Garcia



CAMP AL QAIM, Iraq(April 13, 2004) -- Twenty-one-year-old Lance Cpl. Elias Torrez III, a radio operator, was driving back to base when his convoy was ambushed in the city of Sa'dah.

Torrez had one hand on the steering wheel and his foot on the door to hold it open while he shot at the enemy. He unloaded two magazines before being killed April 9.

The San Angelo, Texas Marine, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division just dropped off a squad of Marines in a nearby town and was on his way back to Al Qaim when rocket-propelled grenades and heavy small arms fire struck his convoy.

A crowd of more than 400 Marines and sailors gathered for a memorial service held April 13, to honor Torrez's memory and pay their last respects to the fallen warrior.

"He was glued to the driver seat and kept the vehicle moving," Staff Sgt. Brian D. Laucht, 30, an artillery operations chief with Company K from Oceanside, Calif. "He had the door open with one foot and was blazing away at the enemy."

Cpl. Noe Tellez , assigned to 3rd Battalion's Communications Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, described Torrez as a fearless and ambitious Marine who was never afraid of anything

"He stuck with us all the way through the first war and now this one. He wasn't scared to get out there and help us out," the 22 year-old San Antonio-born Marine said.

Tellez and Torrez, roommates, always traveled home on leave and whenever possible. They lived a few hours away from each other.

Cpl. Jonathan L. Garza, a field wireman and Torrez's best friend, said they became good friends during Operation Iraq Freedom last year and since became inseparable.

"We fought together," 21-year-old Garza said. "We were the G and T connection, 'two compadres.' He was my son's godfather."

Torrez was born January 28, 1983 and joined the Marine Corps on Sept. 9, 2001.
He completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. He joined 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment in February 2002.

Torrez served with Weapons Company during last year's campaign in Iraq as a gunner and a combat vehicle driver in addition to his duties as a radioman. A year later he deployed again.

Garza said Torrez loved playing card games and video games. He also played football and collected football jerseys.

Torrez's desire was to become an infantryman and then a recruiter. His lifelong goal was to stay in the Marine Corps until retirement.

"All he wanted to do was be a grunt," Garza said. "He loved what he was doing... and being around the group of guys he was attached to."

According to Laucht, Torrez was a smiling person who had many friends. He spent hours writing letters home and never seemed to worry about anything.

"He was like a brother to me," said Lance Cpl. Raul Gonzalez Jr., from Monroeville, Ala. and a mortarman with 3rd Battalion. "He took me under his wing and taught me knowledge.

"He was definitely a mentor and I want to be like him in a lot of his ways," 18-year-old Gonzalez added.

"His death crushed a lot of people," Laucht said, "He was a likeable person who had a lot of friends."

Torrez is survived by his parents and two brothers.