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Posted on 09/01/2006 10:39:19 AM PDT by stm
We hear from a soldier who is refusing to fight in Iraq. Mark Wilkerson has been AWOL for more than a year and is turning himself in at Fort Hood in Texas today. In a taped video statement he says, "I am not willing to kill or be killed for something I don't believe in. My morals said going to Iraq was not the right thing to do." I was not going to live a life of violence." [includes rush transcript]
He didn't think the Army involved any "violence" when he joined???
This guy is way too stupid to be a soldier.
Erm, perhaps, if he wasn't going to live the life of 'violence', he SHOULDN'T HAVE VOLUNTEERED for service.
It's better to not have "soldiers" like this over in Iraq or Afganistan anyway. They might get a real hero killed by their pacifism.
I wonder if he thought the Army was just a social club when he joined?
Too late to be a conscientious objector, buddy. The time for that was when you were filling out the initial form. Remember your oath?? The military's not all good time weekends at the Reserve Unit. There is hard work, dedication, and yes, death involved with that oath.
Generals Washington, Jackson, and Patton would have hanged you by now.
"... am not willing to kill or be killed for something I don't believe in..."
May I sugest you spend the rest of your life in prison. That way you will be perfectly safe. There will be guards to see you are not harmed or hurt in any way. There will be no violence and if there is you can always be put in solitary confinement.
It will give you lots of time to think peacefully about what is worth fighting for.
He should have joined the USAF...
What did this complete moron think he was volunteering for? The Salvation Army?!?!
What did he think he was learning BRM for in Basic...target shooting at the county fair?
Someone told me about a guy who enlisted in the Marines, because he was tired of being yelled at and ordered around at home.
Looks like a Democrat to me.
Fight and protect us, coward!
"He didn't think the Army involved any "violence" when he joined???"
He thought he was going to cook some grub and get some college money. Whoops.
LOL!
I wasn't aware we had already instituted the draft.
[Slaps him, once forehanded, then backhanded on the rebound]
Patton: I'm not going to have a man sitting here *crying*! In front of these brave men who have been wounded in battle!
[Soldier snivels some more, and Patton swings a vicious forehand slap, knocking his helmet away]
Patton: *Shut up!*
[to the doctors]
Patton: Don't admit this yellow bastard. There's nothing wrong with him. I won't have a man who's just afraid to fight *stinking up this place of honor!* You will get him back up to the front.
[to soldier]
Patton: You're going back to the front, boy. You may get shot, and you may get killed, but you're going back to the fighting. Either that, or I'll stand you up before a firing squad. Why, I ought to shoot you right now, you...
[pulls his service automatic. At that, the doctors leap forward and hustle the soldier out of the tent. Patton keeps shouting at the soldier's back]
Patton: God-damned bastard! Get him out of here! Take him back to the *front! You hear me? You God-damned coward!*
[Takes deep breath]
Patton: I won't have cowards in my army.
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