U.S. ARMY DESERTER DESCRIBES 40 YEARS IN NORTH KOREA HELL (Drudge)

Drudgereport.com ^ | Oct 20 2005 | Drudge

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

At least he was tried by Courts Martial.

Still waiting for the treason trials for Hanoi Jane and Kerry.

[freeblogger777]

Why should we let him come back?

Simply a few words to all you merciless people out there!
We are not communists in this country , we are supposed to be the country of life ,liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This guy made a huge mistake 40 years ago and he realises it and has more than paid for it.
Thats the difference, we believe in second chances. I am glad all you people that dont want to give this guy a second chance arent runnung this country!

[TalonDJ]

Man, you guys are pretty harsh. Yeah, I don't have much sympathy for the guy, but lighten up now. He did 40 years of hard time. That is worse than we give rapists and murders a lot of the time. I know deserting the military and turning traitor carries it's own special dishonor but I for one think he had pair the price. Yes, as a member of the US Army his is scum. But he is American citizen. I say, hand him is dishonorable discharge and then welcome him home.

[freeblogger777]

Why should we let him come back?

Simply a few words to all you merciless people out there!
We are not communists in this country , we are supposed to be the country of life ,liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This guy made a huge mistake 40 years ago and he realises it and has more than paid for it.
Thats the difference, we believe in second chances. I am glad all you people that dont want to give this guy a second chance arent runnung this country!

[Eagles6]

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[outofstyle]

I am a fire breathing anti communist and I detest liberal philosophy. However, this guy made a mistake and paid for it with forty years of imprisonment and torture. Rapists and murderers walk free in this great country. You really have no sympathy for him? I feel sorry for this guy, and for you too.
God bless America!

[smith288]

I could think of a few justifiable lesser punishments for this guy because of his actions than 40yrs under communist rule.

He paid for his crime and his experiences should be documented and discussed in commie colleges across our land.

His dishonor and experiences far paid his debt for deserting.

[Jet Jaguar]

This guy could have drank a bunch of beer or soju and walked south to go AWOL. He did not. He sought out NK by choice. He deserted his unit, the Army, and his nation.

He has acknowledged now, what he did was wrong.

But, I wonder how much damage his actions did to our troops in Korea and Vietnam during the era.

Traitor pure and simple.

JJ

[prairiebreeze]

Alan Alda must love this guy...

[edchambers]

He may have done the the crime, and although he didn't intend it, he most certainly did the time. 40 years hard labor

Not quite, I believe the penalty for desertion in war time is death.

[thebaron512]

You do have a point. He just walked away from his duty, but Clinton was let off the hook even being a real Traitor to this country. This poor smuck made a mighty mistake and paid far more than most for this mistake.

[P8riot]

And boy did he pay for them.

You only "rent" beer.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

They should send him to Harvard and Yale to talk to the students
about what Communism is like in real life. Should be a real eye-opener.

You forgot to say "and send the Harvard and Yale professors to North Korea for 40 years of re-education."

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Wait Wait Wait....
One thing that no one has touched on yet...

Why did we let him come back?

There's his treason and desertion trials...

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Idiot should have been shot for treason, cowardice and desertion in time of war.

[The Phantom FReeper]

I'm having a hard time feeling sorry for the guy.

I feel no empathy for him whatsoever. However, I do feel sorry for his family members, who insisted for years (until he returned to the U.S., of course) that he had been kidnapped. I would feel quite ashamed, were I related to a deserter.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Let this guy revel in the magnificence that is the United States for a year, then send him on a speaking tour of Universities.

Let him tell journalism students how the media lied to him about our military, about Communism, and about our freedom.

Let him tell College Democrats how fear of duty, a betrayal of your fellow soldiers and a rejection of freedom can make you pay horribly.

Let him tell feminists of how North Korea kidnapped Japanese women to be sex slaves.

Let him do these things because he is a trailblazer for the left. He is celebrated by those who hate our country. Let them see their hero and let their hero tell them the truth. I doubt more than 1% will listen, but that 1% will change overnight.

[billbears]

In 1965, Jenkins was posted along the hostile border between North and South Korea

He deserted during a war and went over to the enemy

During what declared war did he desert? I believe the man learned his lesson. And I hope he and his wife can live out the rest of their years in freedom peacefully

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I'd still like to see him lined up before a military firing squad, but your suggestion for punishment works.

[Thermalseeker]

If it was up to me he'd be in an American prison with a cell mate named Bubba telling him when to have sex.

I always thought the penalty for desertion was the firing squad or hanging......