'Don't ask me to kill ... or to die' (This is our Military?)

Lar Larson Show KXL Radio - Portland Ore | 9/17/01 | LAURA VILLANI (PFC Oregon National Guard)

[SAMWolf]

'Don't ask me to kill ... or to die'

I am a 19-year-old college student. I joined the Oregon National Guard two months before I turned 18.

I write about the possibility of war. I am still in shock about everything that has happened. I want the people responsible to pay for their crimes.

And those are the only people who should pay.

If we go to war, it will be my generation that will have to go. America will ask us to give up our dreams and to die for our country. We will be asked to leave our loved ones, to leave our educations and to die alongside our brothers, sisters and friends.

Please don't ask us to do this. I am not afraid to defend my country, but I am afraid for my country. Enough people have died already. Please don't ask me to kill others or to die myself in the name of revenge.

LAURA VILLANI, Private first class, Pendleton

[SAMWolf]

I'd sure want her in my foxhole covering my butt < /sarcasm>

What a self-centered, shallow, selfish b*tch!!!

The only reason her generation has it's Freedom is because of previous generations who DID give up our dreams and to die for our country. We will be asked to leave our loved ones, to leave our educations and to die alongside our brothers, sisters and friends.

[Sir Gawain]

Portland. Doesn't surprise me.

[The Other Harry]

This sounds like a kid who should have had a relative on board one of those four airplanes.

(Assuming, that is, that it's even a legitimate letter to begin with.)

[anniegetyourgun]

Another indication that women have no business in combat positions.

[American Soldier]

Oh she'll have a good time at drill this month. Hohoho. WTF she's not in the combat arms anyways. Shut up girl. I know infantrymen right now who're literally chuckling and praying for a chance to stick it to these murdering SOBs right now. If she were a guy and I were enlisted I'd probably sucker punch this PFC in the supply house.

She obviously needs to read The American Battle Hymn to fuel her warrior spirit.

[Bonaparte]

No problem, SW. After her stretch in the stockade, she can hang her letter of dishonorable discharge on the wall -- right next to the diploma she got courtesy of the country she refused to fight for. That ought to make her grandchildren real proud.

[MistrX]

This is pitiful. "Gee, I just signed up for the free college degree. I didn't think you guys were rilly serious about that war junk. Can't I just go home now?"

[dead]

What did she think the guns were for?

[SAMWolf]

Sorry my original response :

The only reason her generation has it's Freedom is because of previous generations who DID give up our dreams and to die for our country. We will be asked to leave our loved ones, to leave our educations and to die alongside our brothers, sisters and friends.

Should have read:

The only reason her generation has its' Freedom is because of previous generations who DID give up their dreams and died for our country. They left their loved ones, left their educations and died alongside their brothers, sisters and friends.

I was so upset by this letter I did a cut and paste and forgot to edit.

[Don Myers]

If she is sent off to fight a war, she wouldn't last long. Her own buddies would finish her. They wouldn't let her get them killed. I would hope that the Oregon Guard kicks her rear end out though.

[eternity]

I do recall a pledge one takes...To defend this country against all enemies foreign and domestic.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Pitiful. Along the same lines, I just heard on the radio (New York 880AM) that some people wanted to find an American flag in Portland, Oregon but couldn't locate one. If there are any Portland Oregon Freepers maybe they can tell us their eyewitness account. My town is red white and blue all over buildings, cars, houses, mailboxes, etc.

[ldakers]

You know, women are perfectly qualified for a majority of combat positions -- some even more qualified than the men who currently hold them. Just because one woman is now feeling remorse for joining the National Guard to get a cheap education doesn't mean the rest of us are incapable.

[kcvl]

Exactly! What did she expect?! What did she just think that it was all about getting her 'woman's rights' and the rest was easy? Or was it just to see if she could get in and screw up the rest of the military? Either way, she should have her rear kicked out.

[Jen]

Don't lump all military women in the same category as this coward. I served in Desert Storm with many outstanding women warriors. I carried a .38 and was ready and willing to use it if necessary. (Still am, though I'm no longer on active duty.)

[surfer]

Why did she join? Maybe she just figured the National Guard was just another hand-out program from the Government.

[glock rocks]

Please don't ask us to do this.

what? you thought you were signing up for welfare when you joined the guard?

you think you got in the wrong line?

freepin unbelievable. an army of one. you are a disgrace.

[nopardons]

What a disgusting, stupid, whinging little idiot this Laura is. " Please don't ask me to die "? Why the *&%^$##%%^^ did she jpin the military in the first place ?

Why females should NOT be allowed in the military !

[nopardons]

What a disgusting, stupid, whinging little idiot this Laura is. " Please don't ask me to die "? Why the *&%^$##%%^^ did she join the military in the first place ?

Why females should NOT be allowed in the military !

[motzman]

You know, women are perfectly qualified for a majority of combat positions -- some even more qualified than the men who currently hold them.

Maybe in the movies, but not in real life...