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  • Objecting to the Objector

    01/18/2005 7:40:06 AM PST · by Chickenhawk Warmonger · 12 replies · 630+ views
    GOPUSA.com ^ | January 18, 2005 | Robin Mullins Boyd
    Objecting to the Objector By Robin Mullins Boyd January 18, 2005 The Savannah Morning News recently ran a front page article about another one of the "poor" soldiers that has been so damaged by our military system that he has filed for conscientious objector status. The article stated that Sgt. Kevin Benderman had served one tour in Iraq but refused to serve another. He filed for conscientious objector status just weeks before his unit was deployed to Iraq. The article got me thinking about objecting to things that I disagreed with. If a soldier can claim offense to his conscience,...
  • Young, black soldier from poor US south readies for second Iraq mission

    09/22/2004 7:49:42 AM PDT · by TexKat · 60 replies · 1,259+ views
    AFP ^ | 9/22/04
    HINESVILLE, United States (AFP) - A black soldier from the impoverished US south, Private Henry Hawkins is only 20 years old but he's about to head out on his second combat mission when the Third Infantry Division returns to Iraq. When he isn't thinking of the war he will again be part of, he longs for Roxie, the impoverished hometown in Mississippi he left for a career in the military, like his father before him, his uncle and one of his sisters. He's not really looking forward to being deployed to Iraq, but is resigned to it. "It's my job....