"I don't care about my word, I quit!"
ABC Nightline reported this week that 18,000 soldiers have deserted their military commitment.
Is this about the war?
Or is this about 18,000 sets of personal morals?
Remember, this is an all-volunteer military unlike the Vietnam draft.
Are we producing a generation of quitters?
Is this the first time in 200+ years we have had what some beleive an "unjust war"?
Do the complainers of losing 3000+ lives in the last five years know their history of previous shorter wars that cost 15 million lives?
I don't wish for this topic to be about politics (we have another forum for that). What this topic is about is 18,000 soldiers who chose to quit after they signed their commitment.
ABC Nightline revealed most of the quitters did so because of personal or famility financial problems at home and not because of the war.
Other reasons cited were "I didn't like the military discipline. I wanted to travel the world and not go to Iraq".
Will this generation be the whiners and "instant fastfood pleasure nuts"? And who are their parents and their grandparents?
Is there no longer honor?
Here's more:
Desertion:
- In time of war -- Death
- With intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service -- Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 5 years.
- Terminated by apprehension -- Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 3 years.
- Terminated otherwise -- Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 2 years.