Leftist AWOL’er Faces 3 Years In The Slammer
Posted on August 10, 2008
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Last month 25-year-old U.S. Army PFC Robin Long became the first war resister since the Vietnam War to be forcefully deported from Canadian soil and handed over to military authorities. Robin is currently being held in the El Paso County Jail, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, awaiting a military court martial for resisting the unjust and illegal war against and occupation of Iraq. Robin will be court-martialed for desertion “with intent to remain away permanently”—Article 85 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice—in early September. The maximum allowable penalty for a guilty verdict on this charge is three years confinement, forfeiture of pay, and a dishonorable discharge from the Army.
Interestingly, this story, published on Friday at After Downing Street, and posted at the Democratic Undergound on Saturday night, have elicited a grand total of one comment each (it originally appeared on August 7th at Courage to Resist.) What to make of that? Basically, the Leftist troops who deserted, once supported heavily by the Nutroots and other progressives, have, like Cindy Sheehan, John Murtha, and John Kerry, used up their 15 minutes. The Barking Moonbat Patrol understands that this meme of “Courage to Resist” never really went anywhere, as most true Americans see desertion as cowardice.
Furthermore, the Left really doesn’t want to discuss anything to do with Iraq, as things continue to get better and better – the Washington Post even tells us how The Surge worked – except to scream in agony “no, really, we are losing in Iraq, damnit!!!!! We have to lose in Iraq! We’ve invested way to much in defeat. Someone get me a towel to wipe the spittle off my face.”
One of the sites I have been reading for quite some time is the official site of Operation Iraqi Freedom. There used to be almost daily reports about killing these terrorists or finding this weapons cache. Now, not so much. The articles are more like
Omar Abdul Aziz street was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in the months that followed the initial surge of Coalition forces into Iraq’s capital in the summer of 2007.
But now, one year later, residents of the Adhamiyah District welcomed a new shop to the area – one that will cater to less essential needs. The Adhamiyah Market Council Mall will help the fashion-conscious Iraqi stay hip.
Looks like winning to me. Have fun in jail, Robin.
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This is great news….I have attented the anti war rallies to protest people just like that coward and they are full of nothing and I enjoyed the part that NO ONE has anything to say…..during the Sheehan debacle I would say they will leave her to her insanity because those people are not friends they are users for a cause…when that cause no longer requires the headliners they will leave them to the dustbin of history….ROTFLMAO.
I reported as ordered when I got my draft notice in 1964 and served 2 years in the Army. Some cowards (not consciencious objectors who served honorably) fled to Canada then. Ex President Jimmy Carter pardoned them all and let them resume normal life here–he is the worst president I remember in my 67 years of life. They should still be freezing off their butts off in the snow. Anyone unwilling to defend this country does not deserve to live here–this country was bought and preserved by the brave military who served at great risk.
I do not know how anyone could volunteer for the military and think that they would not have to go into combat if so ordered. This guy deserves all that is coming to him.
Rocketman41
I got my draft notice in’68. I had already gone through pre processing for the Air Force. I spent 4 years in the AF, a year of that at DaNang. It never occurred to me to flee. I did my duty and am damn proud of it.
Let him rot in jail for 3 years. Should have been KP for 3 years.