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  • #16
    The fool should have taken a nice, fast, air-conditioned train to France from Germany and tried to claim asylum. The French media would have probably had a field day.

    That said, I've got remarkably little sympathy for him. If you think war is immoral, don't join the ****ing military.
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    • #17
      Originally posted by Starchild
      That said, I've got remarkably little sympathy for him. If you think war is immoral, don't join the ****ing military.
      QFT
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      • #18
        Desertion

        Mutiny
        Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

        Do It Ourselves

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        • #19
          Not joining an all-volunteer military in the first place if you don't want to be sent off to war at the whim of idiots

          -Arrian
          grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

          The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by General Ludd
            Desertion

            Mutiny
            You go do that

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Starchild
              That said, I've got remarkably little sympathy for him. If you think war is immoral, don't join the ****ing military.
              Unfortunately, it can be by far the best career move for a lot of people.
              I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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              • #22
                And if they make that career move, it has consequences... there is a reason it offers better pay/benifits than floor sweeper at McDonalds.

                That's not to say I'm unsympathetic when the government gets us into an unecessary war and these guys are sent over to (possibly) die or be wounded.

                -Arrian
                grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

                The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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                • #23
                  Well these guys are 18 a lot of the time which is something else.
                  I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
                  - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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                  • #24
                    Perhaps so. This guy, though, was 35.

                    -Arrian
                    grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

                    The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Arrian
                      Not joining an all-volunteer military in the first place if you don't want to be sent off to war at the whim of idiots

                      -Arrian
                      True

                      But exploiting the government is even better
                      Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

                      Do It Ourselves

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by General Ludd
                        But exploiting the government is even better
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                        I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Starchild
                          That said, I've got remarkably little sympathy for him. If you think war is immoral, don't join the ****ing military.
                          QFT

                          You should expect that you don´t spend all of your time in safety @home if you join the army. Especially uf your nation has one or more wars running (even if they´re not called wars )
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                          • #28
                            I have no sympathy at all. I had none when they called up the National Guard and took some of them by surprise. Weekend warriors. Easy bucks is how they thought it would be. Play a better version of paintball. Cool.
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                            • #29
                              Honestly, National Guard I have a bit of a problem with. We shouldn't be sending them out of the country, EVER, unless we're in a war that involves the risk of our country's safety (ie, WWII or 1812, where we're actually being invaded/attacked by an equivalent force). Otherwise they should stay home for homeland security purposes, or things like Katrina.

                              How many National Guardsmen who could've helped with that evacuation/rebuilding were in Iraq?

                              Other than that though I agree-- 8 months sentence is way too short, 7 years sounds better to me.

                              Sounds a lot like Hawkeye (M*A*S*H) ... but Hawkeye did his @#$%#$ duty (and was a conscript). Jerk.
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                              • #30
                                I'd say if you joined the Guard you got screwed pretty royally.
                                I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
                                - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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