2007-01-04 14:23:58 · 56 answers · asked by DukeofDixie 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
He has a very good point...when he joined he believed just like everyone else did..that there was a threat against the US...And that threat was weapons of mass destruction....now years later he found out that the threat was really OIL...
2007-01-04 14:28:00 · answer #1 · answered by Rasta 6 · 1⤊ 9⤋
when a person signs up for the military they become the "property of" the Army, Navy, Airforce or Marines, etc. and that means they cannot say no to their superiors. When they sign up they also know they will go to war no matter where the war is. When they refuse they can, from what I know, get a dishonorable discharge (difficult to get a job after that), or perhaps be jailed in a military jail and do time. During the Viet Nam war the conscientious objectors fled to Canada. So what do I think of a person who disgraces the military? I'd be wondering why did that person sign up in the first place since the military is no longer a lottery. I'd consider them a deserter. How could you trust them then?
2007-01-04 14:34:36 · answer #2 · answered by sophieb 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
He's a coward. You don't get a choice once you join the Army as to where you go, so he should have thought about this possibility before he joined. I say strip him of all the money that the Army has paid him for his entire career and throw him in jail until his enlistment is up (though he's an officer, so that wouldn't apply to him. Ok, just say 4 years), then give him a dishonorable discharge so he can never work anywhere respectable again. I certainly don't want a shriveling little hypocrite like him in my Army.
2007-01-04 14:33:29 · answer #3 · answered by letitcountry 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
He should have known what he was getting into in the first place when he signed up. My 23 year old sister is a Sargent in the army and just had a daughter 5 months ago...she was shipped out to Iraq two days before Christmas for a year tour without her child of course. He should do what he swore he would in the beginning
2007-01-04 14:30:07 · answer #4 · answered by morgansway3 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
On the one hand I sympathize with him, and even buy a little of his argument, but he volunteered, he wasn't drafted. And in the 2-4 years of training leading up to his commission nobody made it a secret what his job was going to be, and the Iraq war has been in the news for 4+ years now. Yet he decides (what, a year ago?) that he doesn't want to do this now? Come on. Either do your duty or take your punishment like a man.
2007-01-04 14:37:12 · answer #5 · answered by Chance20_m 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm absolutely disgusted by him. He knew what he was in the army for. Too many people think they can just join for the bonus and the college money and don't expect to do anything for it. He knew the risks and he knew his obligations. I would have to say though that his men are better off not having him there because his true colors are coming out...the main one being yellow!
2007-01-04 15:25:57 · answer #6 · answered by . 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he is an officer then he deliberately became part of the military.
Military is a fighting force and it is most likely going to be involved in a war. He must have known this so if he refuses to go where he is sent then he should be tried tor treason.
Any person that volenteers to be part of the military knows that they have joined a fighting force and knows what the possivilities are.
2007-01-04 14:32:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
By signing the dotted line, the guy agreed to be at the beckoning call of good ole Uncle Sam. I'm assuming that he joined after the whole Iraq think started, so he should have thought of that while thinking about all the zeros on that sign on bonus. As a member of the armed forces, I think the guy should do what his superiors tell him to and get his sorry but over there.
2007-01-04 14:31:18 · answer #8 · answered by louis504842 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Court Martial! Throw him in prison and leave him there. Hope he enjoys the black mark it leaves on his entire life. You don't join the Army, take their money and then refuse to give back as you promised. The love of my life is over there, doing his job! Not being a little weasel here.
2007-01-04 14:36:45 · answer #9 · answered by kherome 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
That he is breaking his oath. If he wasn't willing to follow orders he should not have enlisted in the first place. Now he will have to suffer the consequences of his bad choices. His own doing as he knew when he raised his and and gave his word that he might be called on to go to war.
It doesn't matter, his given word is his given word. He made the deal in full knowledge of what the deal entailed. If he gets prison time and screws up the rest of his life, that is because of his personal failure to act in an honorable fashion. I have no sympathy whatsoever.
2007-01-04 14:33:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
He's an officer - he should be going for his soldiers more than anyone else and 2. because he's in the Army and that's part of his job, if he didn't like it he shouldn't have joined!
2007-01-04 14:33:56 · answer #11 · answered by purplebuggy 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋