[InvisibleChurch]

and then you have THIS guy...

Marine Corps reservist Stephen Funk, center, reads a statement before turning himself in at his reserve unit in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday April 1, 2003. Behind Funk is his sister Caitlin Funk, left, and his mother, Gloria Pacis, right. The 20-year-old Marine reservist, called to active duty, refuses to serve in the Iraqi conflict, claiming conscientous objector status. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

[exile]

Kind of makes you wonder if a career in the military was a good choice for this guy. Last I checked, it was still a volunteer force. If he didn't want to fight, why did he join?

[mabelkitty]

He sent the homosexual movement back about twenty years, and the NTY didn't help any.

[tomswiftjr]

Reminds me of the St. Crispin Day speech in Henry V, Act IV, scene iii:

"O! do not wish one more:
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse:
We would not die in that man’s company
That fears his fellowship to die with us."

Compare and contrast this weenie with PFC Lynch (DSC at the least)!

[ezone]

we should honor his request , and strip him of all rights and benefits of service . the marines don't need a coward behind them in war . semper fi

[rundy]

This guy, Steven Funk, should be Court Martialed and Dishonorably Discharged!

[ought-six]

"The 20-year-old Marine reservist, called to active duty, refuses to serve in the Iraqi conflict, claiming conscientous objector status. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)"

This guy's a puke. He full well knows what serving in the military is all about, moreso since there is no longer a draft. And especially in the Marine Corps! If he had qualms about killing, he could have requested (and he would have received) a medical position, but it wouldn't have been in the Marines (the Marines use Navy corpsmen). And he had to have known that. Thus, this tells me he is a coward.