[Zakeet]

This article was written by my newspaper reporter daughter.

She interviewed the guy at some length yesterday and came away with the opinion he was a deeply emotionally disturbed individual who had somehow not been picked up in time by the Army's usually effective screening methods. She also feels he is being terribly misused by the radical left's anti-war movement.

You may find it interesting to contrast her report with the account given by the Associated Press at: AP Article

[Wristpin]

Poor kid...duped by Joe Wilson into destroying his future....

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

help her to understand the difference between "AWOL" and DESERTION, please........the difference is akin to misdemeanor vs felony

[T.Smith]

If he began keeping a video journal while on the run I believe turning himself in is just a way to close the story so that he can move on with producing a movie and making some money. Deserting may end up being the smartest financial decision he ever made.

[madprof98]

The Web site at www.newsparkproductions.org describes the film, dubbed A.W.O.L., as a work in progress that "takes viewers into the life of a young American soldier, who after a year-long tour in Iraq, defied his commanders and refused to return to Iraq for a second tour of duty."

Didn't John Kerry also make some movies at about the same age?

[freema]

From the AP article: “It’s amazingly scary to do what he’s doing,” Sheehan said. “He has all of our support, but when he gets to Fort Hood, he’s going to be by himself.”

It's not amazingly scary to be a shitbird, cindy, nor is he alone at Fort Hood- he's surrounded by members of the service who didn't cut and run.

I'd bet it was a fun reunion.

[Mercat]

mission to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people? there's the problem. wrong mission.

[N. Theknow]

Where do we send the white feathers?