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AWOL Soldier Refuses to Return to Iraq
Democracy Now ^
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]
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: awol; coward; deserter; leftistlooney; sheehan; traitor; unclearontheconcept
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To: goldstategop
Something for nothing... their mantra. Benefits without obligation. Didn't they use to execute deserters? A few of these televised might get the point across.
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posted on
09/01/2006 11:29:22 AM PDT
by
ODC-GIRL
(Proudly serving our Nation's Homeland Defense)
To: dakine
Yeah, in the AF we hire the officers to do our violence!!
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posted on
09/01/2006 11:38:34 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
To: dakine
He should have joined the USAF... LOL, I spent 20 years in the USAF.
43
posted on
09/01/2006 11:40:37 AM PDT
by
Mark17
To: Manfred the Wonder Dawg
Excellent point, I wonder how close the US Marshals were to catching him. I had an E-6 of mine go AWOL after he came up hot on the whiz quiz. After 30 days it was turned over to the US Marshals. It took them about 6 months to catch him.
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posted on
09/01/2006 11:42:23 AM PDT
by
stm
(Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence)
To: dakine
Maybe, but I would still rather be in the USAF on a bad day then the Army on a good day.
45
posted on
09/01/2006 11:43:36 AM PDT
by
alarm rider
(Those that vote for RINOS knowingly, have already admitted defeat.)
To: stm
Oh geez...liberals new best friend and hero! Watch for him to be all over the talk shows.
46
posted on
09/01/2006 11:44:07 AM PDT
by
jackv
(just shakin' my head)
To: meandog
That whole things just brings tears to my eyes.
I'm going to have to watch the movie now!
I say good riddance you damn, weenie. I don't want you out there with my boy!!
Spoiled punk, brat, baby, wuss!!
47
posted on
09/01/2006 11:47:53 AM PDT
by
jackv
(just shakin' my head)
To: cotton1706
" Generals Washington, Jackson, and Patton would have hanged you by now."Not so sure about Washington.
48
posted on
09/01/2006 11:52:39 AM PDT
by
#1CTYankee
(That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
To: jackv
Maybe Cindy Shehan will be his surrogate mom now that his own mother will probably disown him.
49
posted on
09/01/2006 11:54:09 AM PDT
by
demkicker
(democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
To: meandog
IIRC, the soldier in question was suffering from--among other things--dysentery.
They interviewed some of his buddies after the movie came out, and he was (a) really embarrassed by bodily functions, and (b) really ashamed of himself that he couldn't be up on line with his buddies--he felt as if he were a weakling for getting sick.
To: dakine
Watch it.........MSgt.........
51
posted on
09/01/2006 12:28:33 PM PDT
by
marmar
(Although, I may look different then you....my blood still runs....RED, WHITE, @ BLUE.)
To: pissant
I have been following you on some threads today....your in a mood. Check reg email.....
52
posted on
09/01/2006 12:30:15 PM PDT
by
marmar
(Although, I may look different then you....my blood still runs....RED, WHITE, @ BLUE.)
To: marmar
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posted on
09/01/2006 12:35:03 PM PDT
by
dakine
To: tobyhill
New liberal poster boy. Exactly. This turd is now a hero to the anti-war left -- the Communist wing of the Communist party.
Instead, it should be stockade time...for the duration plus five.
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posted on
09/01/2006 12:37:26 PM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: dakine
Not a fitting statement for a AD MSgt.....I know we as a service don't play a big role.......but we still do where we can............
55
posted on
09/01/2006 1:03:41 PM PDT
by
marmar
(Although, I may look different then you....my blood still runs....RED, WHITE, @ BLUE.)
To: colorado tanker
He didn't think the Army involved any "violence" when he joined??? This guy is way too stupid to be a soldier. He just wanted the freebies.
56
posted on
09/01/2006 1:06:58 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
To: marmar
57
posted on
09/01/2006 1:08:45 PM PDT
by
dakine
To: NonValueAdded
Judy Benjamin: I think they sent me to the wrong place.
Capt. Lewis: Uh-huh.
Judy Benjamin: See, I did join the army, but I joined a different army. I joined the one with the condos and the private rooms.
-Goldie Hawn, Private Benjamin (1980)
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posted on
09/01/2006 1:10:36 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
To: stm
He Seeks Help at War Protester's Texas Encampment
Army Spc. Mark Wilkerson said he was tired of running and sought help from Cindy Sheehan's protest camp in nearby Crawford, which helps educate soldiers about their rights as war resisters.
Article here
To: lowbridge
He just wanted the freebies.I joined for the great chow. :-))
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