[76834]

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

[cynicom]

"But at least Brandon is safe"

Ah yes...Little Brandon is SAFE, let some other dumb kid take his place and do the bleeding and dying. Damned coward.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

It's the difference between those who want to play soldier and those who really are soldiers. War does tend to separate the men from the boys.

[TankerKC]

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."

Is running away the same as facing persecution? No. If the kid had any balls, he would have refused the order and stayed to accept the consequences.

[Sapper26]

When I enlisted 20 years ago, my father made it very clear to me that if I ever felt a strong urge to run to Canada - I needn't return. He also said that if he found out where I was, he'd come up and bring me back - strapped to the hood. Times change I guess.

[bullseye1911]

"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."

You won't, you little turd! You face prosecution, big difference.

[AgentEcho]

Oh this is just total and complete BARF. From his website:

Michael Moore made Jeremy Hinzman's site his link of the week. How rad is that?

Moore's support of Jeremy has followed a deluge of interest in the story, and the phone has been ringing off the hook with media inquiries. That, plus lots of finicky paperwork, has kept Brandon very busy of late. Perhaps slightly less important (but only very slightly so), there's the playoffs and planning for his 19th birthday. Brandon has become a fanatical Leafs devotee ... For those of you in the rest of Canada, please don't hold it against him.

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[GSWarrior]

Soldiers have been going AWOL since day one. The difference today is that deserters are now given a microphone and unlimited column inches in the press.