Full Version: Born again Christian refuses to go back to Iraq
QUOTE(sportinlife @ Oct 14 2006, 12:14 AM) 
So why the hell didn't he request transfer to a non combat post as a consciencious objector?
They need a hell of a lot of medics over there.
4 mos in combat? and already he is gunshy?
I think there is a lot more to this story than just what is in the article.
Rob
Agreed. There has to be a story behind the story. It makes me wonder what it is.
I would think that as an interrogator he was already in a "non-combat" position, to the extent that such a thing can exist in a battle zone.
But the impression I get is that he had come to the conclusion that the "occupation" was causing the problem. Regardless of the role he took in that occupation he would have been supporting it. What other conclusion could be drawn from this
But the impression I get is that he had come to the conclusion that the "occupation" was causing the problem. Regardless of the role he took in that occupation he would have been supporting it. What other conclusion could be drawn from this
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Sgt. Ricky Clousing went to war in Iraq because, he said, he believed he would simultaneously be serving his nation and serving God.
But after more than four months on the streets of Baghdad and Mosul interrogating Iraqis rounded up by American troops, Clousing said he began to believe that he was serving neither.
He said he saw American soldiers shoot and kill an unarmed Iraqi teenager, and rode in an Army Humvee that sideswiped Iraqi cars and shot an old man's sheep for fun — both incidents Clousing reported to superiors. He said his work as an interrogator led him to conclude that the occupation was creating a cycle of anti-American resentment and violence.
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But after more than four months on the streets of Baghdad and Mosul interrogating Iraqis rounded up by American troops, Clousing said he began to believe that he was serving neither.
He said he saw American soldiers shoot and kill an unarmed Iraqi teenager, and rode in an Army Humvee that sideswiped Iraqi cars and shot an old man's sheep for fun — both incidents Clousing reported to superiors. He said his work as an interrogator led him to conclude that the occupation was creating a cycle of anti-American resentment and violence.
Why does he hate America?
Hate the troops?
Hate the troops?
Why join the military if you don't want to serve? This I just don't get -- this isn't like there is a draft and you were forced over there.
people have to come their own conclusions about things
we all enter situations with pre-conceived ideas and frequently we have those ideas dented, or in this guy's case, shattered
I feel sorry for him but I'm glad he saw the truth before he lost his soul
we all enter situations with pre-conceived ideas and frequently we have those ideas dented, or in this guy's case, shattered
I feel sorry for him but I'm glad he saw the truth before he lost his soul
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