Posted on 11/03/2004 7:16:45 AM PST by Valin
Sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins, now a frail 64-year-old, was given a light 30-day jail term, and a heavy 39 year sentence to live in North Korea. With 39 years of time served in North Korea, Jenkins has only the 30 day jail term left to serve.
I think he should have to serve his 30days.
In related news, long-time Vietnam War traitor John Kerry...um...oh wait, not yet.
Assuming the conditions of confinement are consistent with proper treatment of his health issues, I agree. Perhaps a 'jail ward' at the military hospital where he is now. Then, get as much intelligence information from him as possible.
They should have shot him for treason.
The guys was and is obviously nuts.
John Kerry
Who?
N. Korea scares the crap out of me and here's why. A good friend of mine was serving as a deck officer on a (merchant) humanitarian grain ship going into N. Korea in the summer of 2002. Essentially, we sell N. Korea grain at really reduced prices so they don't all starve. He gives this account of an unloading operation:
To hoist the grain out of the holds, workers go down and place it into burlap sacks. A crane lowers a net and the sacks are placed inside, then lifed off the ship. Men carry the bags to warehouses. (In the US, we have conveyors and machinery) During the process, some grain escapes from the holes in the bags and falls to the ground. When not carrying sacks, workers dig grain particles out of the pavement, hoping to collect enough to feed their family that night. The workers in the holds overloaded one net so that 6 or 7 bags were hanging half over the side of the net. The crane operator (they are paid more and known to drink heavily because they can afford it) lifeted the load far higher than necessary to clear the hatch coaming. Swinging the load over the dock, he failed to check the swing of the load by coming to an abrupt stop instead of gradually slowing. One bag (probably about 80 pounds) fell from the load at a height of no less than 100 feet. A worker on the deck was bending over, picking grain from the ground and was hit square between the shoulderblades. Obviously, he was killed instantly. The grain bag burst open and splattered blood and grain all over the dock. The other workers standing by immediately grabbed the shards of burlap and picked all of the grain off the ground leaving the body lying on the dock. The body was not moved for several hours until it interfered with the path of the crane. My friend is unsure of what they did with the body afterwards. The blood was not cleaned from the dock, to his knowledge.
That's N. Korea, ladies and gentlemen. I'm sure this man is extremely thankful he is being allowed to live in Japan for the remainder of his days.
"They should have shot him for treason."
Perhaps, but they did not. In fact, he was not on trial for treason. He was on trial for desertion. The court gave him the sentence they gave him. The case is over.
Well, he pled guilty to desertion and aiding the enemy.
Giving him a slap on the wrist, regardless of his age or condition, demeans and marginalizes the efforts of those that were also afraid and depressed but held steady and did their job. A lot of them died doing it too. It defiles their service as far as I'm concerned.
IMO, he’s not worthy of compassion or pity or gentle treatment. Our family had three (think that’s right) killed in Korea. A lot more were drafted and served in various places. Others voluntarily joined, pretty much convinced that they’d be drafted ultimately anyway.
Also had an aunt that was sufficiently worried that her youngest would be drafted and sent to Viet Nam that she ended up having a stroke. That’s what the doctors claimed at the time anyway.
Still, nobody ran to Canada or deserted – even though, to a man I’m sure they thought they were on the short end of a s#itty deal.
That’s why many of them were infuriated when Carter pardoned the draft dodgers. Many of them of the opinion that America was not worthy of military protection if they’d spit in their faces like that.
This case is sort of similar, at least to me. The military is doing it to themselves though and they’re not soliciting my advise, so whatever.
That's N. Korea, ladies and gentlemen.
Well put.
I wonder if this traitor will now ask for forgiveness and send some flowers to the graves of two of my best buds who gave their lives in Korea? I doubt it--he's a coverted commie.
I've read stories of Soviet troops reduced to eating dog food and drinking eau de cologne for booze.
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