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U.S. Army deserter freed from jail Jenkins brings close to 40-year North Korean saga

Posted on 11/27/2004 11:19:16 AM PST by NW Viking

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I really don't feel sorry that he had to sleep on the floor and only bathe once a month. The term "what goes around, comes around" could be used here. Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
1 posted on 11/27/2004 11:19:18 AM PST by NW Viking
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To: NW Viking

Send him to Iraq!


2 posted on 11/27/2004 11:31:44 AM PST by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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To: claudiustg

I do not like the way we treat traitors today. It doesn't send a good message for those thinking about betraying their country the same way. And look at what John Walker Lindh got away with in Afghanistan!


3 posted on 11/27/2004 11:37:05 AM PST by bushfamfan
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To: bushfamfan

Then again, John Kerry is allowed to be a Senator and was actually a candidate for President. God help us.


4 posted on 11/27/2004 11:37:58 AM PST by bushfamfan
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To: NW Viking

Jenkins admitted deserting to avoid service in RVN. What happened to the man who replaced him? Was he wounded? Was he KIA?

Jenkins should have been shot. Pull 12 officers from the duty roster. Load three bolt action rifles with live rounds, 9 with blanks.

Pull the triggers.

AMF.


5 posted on 11/27/2004 11:42:51 AM PST by MindBender26 (Having your own XM177 E2 means never having to say you are sorry......)
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To: bushfamfan

LOL! Anyone want to bet against a Kerry/Jenkins ticket in 08??

How about Jenkins/Clinton?

Jenkins/Edwards?

Jenkins and a veep candidate to be selected later?

Jenkins and Kim Jong II?

Never mind. We all know that the Dems are far more qualified at choosing un-electable candidates than we can ever choose for them. Let's just sit back and enjoy the Spectacle.


6 posted on 11/27/2004 12:41:48 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (If you were still in the womb, would you trust your life to Specter?????)
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To: bushfamfan

Great Point!


7 posted on 11/27/2004 1:15:39 PM PST by No Surrender No Retreat
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To: NW Viking

Some how living in North Korea all those years seems as fit a punishment as years in an American stockade with color TV, soft beds, hot showers etc. Imagine the torture of having to spend hours ever day memorizing the works of Kim Il Sung in Korean no less.


8 posted on 11/27/2004 3:27:08 PM PST by The Great RJ
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To: bushfamfan
Just out of curiosity, who do you blame for this travesty?
9 posted on 11/27/2004 3:50:48 PM PST by Doe Eyes (Who)
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There's no denying we have gone soft on deserters/traitors. And this man is a clear traitor-defecting to NORTH KOREA? Blame whomever was responsible for determining to let him off. You cannot deny this is a significant change from WW2 and Eddie Slovac to today with John Walker Lindh and now this man.


10 posted on 11/27/2004 4:00:28 PM PST by bushfamfan
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To: NW Viking
Quick preface - I'm active duty, and I've been around the block once or twice.

I'm fine with letting this guy go. Holding him is a waste of resources.

His life story is already an object lesson in why you don't desert. His case is pretty well known in military circles, and I haven't run into anyone who thinks that he needs more punishment than 40 years as a human pinata for North Korean thugs. How many guys that ran to Canada got dealt with like Jenkins did?

The deserter, through his own cowardice and stupidity, chose a road far, far harder than serving out his time for the Army. His life has served as a grim warning to others.

Let's admit that the point has been made, and leave it at that.

11 posted on 11/27/2004 4:09:41 PM PST by Steel Wolf ( Operation North Korean Freedom, anyone?)
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To: bushfamfan
Blame whomever was responsible for determining to let him off.

Does the buck stop with the Commander in Chief?

12 posted on 11/27/2004 5:11:51 PM PST by Doe Eyes (Who)
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