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Old 01-30-2005, 08:17 AM   #54 (permalink)
Lockjaw
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Originally Posted by Schwan
Here's some more point to ponder on why this isn't so black and white. As I understand the article, that man did not run away from the battlefield. He completed a tour of duty - something I'm sure very little here have actually done - and chose to flee when he was ordered to go back. As far as signing contracts for money goes, they are just that - contracts (military, or not). You do not sell yourself indifintely. When you quit a job, you quit. The cash flow stops.
Completing a tour of duty in country does NOT marshal you out of the Army. You have a hitch that you MUST serve. He came back from his tour had his R&R and was recalled to go back out while he was STILL IN THE ARMY. That is cowardess. If he didn't want to go back he should have said no. The MPs would have come picked him up and he would have been sitting in the prison for a few years but at least he would have his dignity.
And again folks stop using that whole "well you didn't serve..." I'm betting several of you that are trying to use that arguement would bristle at the thoughts of somebody telling you your opinion on war and soldiers didn't matter unless you served.

And Rdr4evr...quick question if you were put into a position where the enemy was on your back and the only way to save your own skin would be to run into a military APC that you would stand out in the street and get gunned down?
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