A Navy lieutenant no more

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 4/18/08 | MIKE BARBER

[goldstategop]

Idiot. The military doesn't exist for your personal whims. If its too hard for you to report when you are called up to service, you should think twice about joining. Some people are still unfamiliar with military life in this country.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Jeff Head]

...and well rid of her too. She had a duty. She refused to fulfill her sworn duty.

Leuys do not get to pick and choose the orders they follow because they, do not like them.

In addition, look up and read her blog. While on active duty she was supporting Cindy Shehan, and writing very political commentary praising her and indivating what an honor it was to know her. To say she is not politically opposed to the war is very disengenous.

I wonder if she also supports this man...

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - OBAMA'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND OBAMA'S CHURCH

[RichInOC]

Translation: ‘Moooooom, they want to send me to a war zone. I wanna come hooooooome.’

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Curious; Why didn’t we elect her president ?

[goldstategop]

Lefties who join the military think its a meals on wheels program. Sort of glorified babysitting. They never look at what being a soldier or sailor entails.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[jazusamo]

Sabrina Weiner has a blog that hasn't been posted to since 2005 and is telling of her agenda, she supports Cindy Sheehan but doesn't support our operation in Iraq.

Infinite Dragon

[MIchaelTArchangel]

She ought to change the spelling of her last name to Whiner! But she is a weiner too.

[Fox_Mulder77]

Simply put, she didn’t want to go to Iraq.
I wonder if this is a slick way to get out of serving without losing benefits?

[Bahbah]

For her convictions, she was jailed, flown across the nation in shackles and threatened with court-martial.It was NOT for her conviction. It was for refusal to follow orders.

[goldstategop]

Looks like the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is guilty of journalistic malpractice. The reader has no way of knowing what Sabrina Weiner's true reasons for leaving the Navy were. It turns out she was a fanatical anti-American moonbat. So much for printing all the news that's fit to print.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Mikey_1962]

Since we the taxpayers funded her education, when is she paying us back?

[goldstategop]

Yep. But you can't expect a MSM journalist to set the record straight about a deserter, can you? She refused to follow lawful orders. Weiner should have received a bad conduct discharge. The Navy went far too gentle on her so she didn't suffer the consequences for her disobedience.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Fox_Mulder77]

Thanx for posting that link.
Her blog says it all:
she’s an anti-war moonbat!

[jazusamo]

I emailed Mike Barber less than an hour ago and mentioned the blog and his not including it in the story. Haven’t heard back from him but if I do I’ll post it here and on another thread on his story.

[Mrs.Z]

Exactly.

Sounds like she thought she was UNIONIZED labor and should strike if she didn’t like the job.

[Cicero]

Well, after reading all of the details, I find some sympathy for her. She was not trying to escape a dangerous assignment, but what she (and apparently other naval personnel) consider to be a misuse of her training to fill a warm body spot. And apparently she didn’t intend to refuse to go, but was only trying to cut through the system and find someone she could discuss it with.

That said, my own experience many years ago in the military was that stupid assignments and seeming misuse of people is normal. You just have to put up with it and make the best of it. All too often, the only people who knew what they were doing were the old sergeants. You had to hope that junior officers would take their advice. As for orders cut from above, they seldom made much sense.

That’s how the cookie crumbles.

[Cicero]

Ah. If the story is a lie, then I retract my earlier comments.

[goldstategop]

Its a shame he had to do a profile on her when there are a lot more deserving people he could have covered. Mis-representing an anti-American moonbat's career doesn't add to his and his newspaper's reputation.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[goldstategop]

You have to obey orders, stupid or not. After you obey the order, you can take it up with your commanding officer or go up the chain of command. But an enlisted person who happens to be a subordinate is not entitled to decide what order he would like to obey. End of story.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus