AWOL soldier surrenders in Ky. Associated Press.
Wed Oct 4,
RADCLIFF, Ky. - An Army soldier who fled to Canada rather than redeploy to Iraq surrendered Tuesday to military officials after asking for leniency.
Spc. Darrell Anderson, 24, said he deserted the Army last year because he could no longer fight in what he believes is an illegal war.
"I feel that by resisting I made up for the things I did in Iraq," Anderson said during a press briefing shortly before he turned himself in at nearby Fort Knox. "I feel I made up for the sins I committed in this war."
Anderson, of Lexington, returned to the United States from Canada on Saturday. He could face a charge of desertion.
Attorney Jim Fennerty of Chicago said Anderson will be interviewed by military investigators, given a uniform and assigned to a barracks while his case is processed. In three to five days, he will be given a discharge of other than honorable. The Military men admire him very much.
2006-10-04 01:09:04 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
He doesnt sound cowardly or brave.He sounds like someone fed up with the crap in Iraq.
2006-10-04 02:15:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Erudite, I don't understand why the justice department hasn't already hired you to run things there in Washington. Look at all the money you just saved the government! Why, you have the whole scenario all layed out on what will happen to this guy.
I guess it's your opinion, he won't do any brig time. He will simply go home and all will be forgiven. I imagine then he will get on a plane and catch up to Cindy Sheehan, so they can put their heads together to discuss ways to further bash the administration. It sounds to me that this guy wants to be the next John Kerry. Now there's a life's ambition every young man should follow! Or, maybe he will take up blogging, we all need a Erudite replacement.
2006-10-04 08:45:10 · answer #2 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would have had more respect for his plight had he been a TRUE PACIFIST drafted against his will. But that's not the case. Anyone who joins the Military KNOWS what that implies.., and as such has no right to approve, disapprove of such military actions as deemed necessary by his commanders.
A TRUE Pacifist is brave in his own right for not wanting to kill for whatever reason (personal beliefs) and does not voluntarily join the military for a joke. A TRUE Soldier is a hero in his own right for defending his country and maintaining his belief in the preservation of freedom.
No soldier has a right to judge what war is right to fight. However in the cases such as where those men raped an Iraqi woman or slaughtered an unarmed family - they do have the right to object to obvious wrongs of an specific action that is blatantly against humanity and plainly cruel.
If a Soldier finds God "after" joining the Military he should go through the channels to serve his country in another way.
2006-10-04 08:26:29 · answer #3 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps other deserters admire him, but no honorable Military men and women admire him.
He did nothing brave by deserting. He should never had entered the Military if he didn't want to risk fighting in war. When you enlist in the Armed Forces, you're not given an option to only fight in the wars you believe in! It's no secret to anyone in the Military that a day could come that they have to go to war, that's why if you don't agree with Military life, then you shouldn't join. Nobody is forced to join or reenlist, so simply don't do it if you can't adapt to that way of life.
2006-10-04 10:50:13 · answer #4 · answered by Naples_6 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
As other before me have noted, this story has been edited and changed to play to the asker's game of inflaming people and insulting real military members, which this asker is not nor ever has been, regardless of what tripe he tells you. Erudite is a troll who appears to be spending more time on Yahoo Answers instead of on Yahoo News message boards, like most trolls of his ilk. Not a day goes by where he doesn't plop down and infest Yahoo Answers' Military section with this same rubbish, and every time he does it, plenty of people flag him for it, because none of these are legitimate questions.
Also, to Laurel9186--I do not have respect for the individual in question (the deserter), and I say that as someone who IS enlisted AND has gone to Iraq. In that sense, I DO have a right to judge him for his actions, and I can assure you that close to 100% of everyone else in the military is in agreement with me. I DO know what soldiers go through, having gone through it myself, and I know EXACTLY why he cut and ran: he's a chicken, and didn't want to go to Iraq again. Many of us don't want to go to Iraq nor did we in the first place, but it's not our place to decide. Deployment is certainly not the time to decide you longer are in possession of balls and run to Canada. Perhaps you should be the one to enlist and see what we go through in war, and how we feel about deserters in the Army, before you judge those of us who are disgusted by his actions...
2006-10-04 14:20:42 · answer #5 · answered by ಠ__ಠ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This man is NOT brave. He is a deserter. He joined the military to defend our beliefs and to follow orders. He is a 24 year old man who has no experience in life. He is a 'grunt' and needs to follow orders. Not make his own.
My son went to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Qatar and is now in Korea. I agree with Shirley above me, he makes me sick. He is a disgrace to the American Armed Forces. Spc. Darrell Anderson is an idiot.
2006-10-04 08:14:17 · answer #6 · answered by Trollhair 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Sorry he is not brave! He chose to enlist and serve his country. When things got ruff he became a loser. He willfully chose to leave his outfit. He chose to say that this war is illegal, which it is NOT because congress gave the President the power to go to war, and now he will face the charge of being a deserter. He should get the maxium sentence!
2006-10-04 12:31:43 · answer #7 · answered by fatboysdaddy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yet another article with fabricated parts added by the habituial LIAR named erudite.
The real article is linked in the source section beneath my post here
Once again the habitual liar must put in these fabrications to try and trick people into his warped way of thinking. It is almost as if this is a mental illness aflicting erudite.
The fabricated part is:
"The Military men admire him very much."
2006-10-04 09:02:04 · answer #8 · answered by DiamondDave 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I know I'll get booed, but here goes anyway.
First, let me say that I don't think what he chose to do was right, and he should face all related consequences.
That having been said...
It does take courage to stand up against something you truly believe is wrong, and it takes courage to stand up and accept the consequences for that choice.
Bear in mind, a soldier is legally obligated to not only to refuse an illegal order, but to arrest the individual giving said order, even if higher ranking. And there is plenty of evidence of some illegal stuff going on over there, perhaps he had been witness to some of it?
This isn't a case of someone scared to fight, he was over there and did fight. He says he honestly believes this war to be wrong (as do the majority of Americans by the way) and that he was obligated to refuse to participate.
I think he is wrong, not about the war but about his duties. He will stand trial, as well he should. I do however see elements of bravery in this, albeit misguided.
2006-10-04 08:30:42 · answer #9 · answered by lmn78744 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I wouldn't say he is the bravest thing but he is brave. Maybe when he went over there the first time he found God and decided that it was an unjust war. or maybe he learned more one the politics over there and I am sure he saw a lot more than what the goverment and the news are telling us. My husband was a Marine for about 10 years so military is close to my heart but in some ways I think he saw a different picture and just doesn't agree with how things are being done and for what reasons. He has already been over there so he was brave enough to go the first time. But he could have done better than running away and not dealing with his issue. Now he will have a military record that will follow him for the rest of his life
2006-10-04 08:23:47 · answer #10 · answered by zsleonard1997 2 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Yet more lies from you...
It was Lexington, not Ratcliff. Your whole article is edited...by you. Guess you did not think it was good enough.
The Soldier did not believe in the war, but he did not say he thought it was illegal.
No "Military Men" as you put in the last line said they admire him. Yet another of your fabrications.
Every quote you claim he made is also false.
Get a grip...you know, your the worst terrorist of them all...
2006-10-04 09:15:43 · answer #11 · answered by Q-burt 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋