[avacado]

" Iraq War Military Resister, Terri Johnson, who went AWOL from the Army rather than be sent to the illegal war in Iraq, told the crowd at the April 21 anti-war rally in Greensboro, NC"

What am I missing here? Why isn't this guy locked up if he is AWOL?

[wideawake]

Why isn't this guy locked up if he is AWOL?

It's a she.

She was arrested, apparently pled guilty, and was given a dishonorable discharge and time served (4 days I believe).

[StarCMC]

SHE - some people consider her a hero. Read here if you want more.

Here's an excerpt:

The 18-year-old Johnson, who is the granddaughter of past Greensboro NAACP President Gladys Shipman, deliberately failed to complete her final fitness test at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, and then went AWOL on Sept. 28, 2006, the day before graduation.

"I'm not anti-war one hundred percent because some wars are worth fighting for," Johnson said in a tearful address at Governmental Plaza. "But this war is not worth fighting for.

She is not a hero. She is a traitor.