This just sickened me. It looks like the whiney libs who've been invading our military over the last eight years are now scared ****less that they might actually be asked to defend their country. When we invade Afghanistan, I suggest sending these cowards in first.

OK - bear with me - I'm dumb.

Can one really apply for CO status if one volunteers???

"Every morning the Air Force technician puts on her uniform, she's painfully reminded of how desperately she wants to get out of the military."

Then the Air Force should enable her. She should be given a General Court Martial, a dishonorable discharge and at least five years at hard labor.

"You know how they talk about a 'poverty draft,' about recruiting people who were uneducated and poor, well . . ."

So she admits she's an imbecile?

She should be given a General Court Martial, a dishonorable discharge and at least five years at hard labor.

Nah, no need for the hard labor. A dishonorable discharge would haunt her until the day she died.

the 9-to-5 Army they signed up for

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They signed up for an easy ride with no responsibility or inconveninece, and now they are fabricating excuses to leave.

I say let her sit in the brig until her tour of duty is over. Then give her the dishonorable discharge. Just let her sit in the brig.

If you granted her dispensation there'd be more to follow.

Nobody forced this idiot to join. Even if she wanted to join, there are jobs for COs that fulfill a need and allow for them not to enter into combat. She just screwed the pooch. That's not the service's problem.

amen to that, what a fat dumb and until sept 11th happy nation we have become. some americans are getting quite the reality slap! the sickening part is, their forefathers DIED to defend the freedoms and high standard of living these whining liberal peacenik high and holy wimps enjoy today, and they dont realize it, or dont appreciate it, or both. this is disgusting, we better smarten up and stay strong, were becoming a nation that has many strong sob's, but is now becoming infested with more and more sorry ass liberal flag burning wimps. this is war for crying out loud, oh high one! if you dont kill, you might GET KILLED!!!

SHe should have to pay for that education back with interest so that she can go back to being poor and uneducated.

NO S#!T !!!

A "bad career move" is infinitely different than being a conscientious objector. Why would a Quaker even consider going into the military?

They should say goodbye to all the benefits they were hoping to earn the easy way.

and tens of thousands applied during Vietnam

I WAS THERE. POST YOUR SOURCES FOR THESE NUMBERS SCUMBAG A##HOLE !!!

FEEL FREE TO REPLY PRIVATELY OR EVEN COME TO MY DOOR. PPPPPLEASE !!!!!

Hey, I've got a solution. Put all these folks in special units trained and tasked soley to duties that save, rather than end, lives. They can feel good about clearing Afghani mine fields and defusing unexploded bombs, right?

If they let this idiot out, someone else will have to fill her place and I find that objectionable. She should be sent to the most forward base possible, made to do her job and be placed in the brig every night until her enlistment is up, and then be given a dishonorable discharge.

In retrospect, the 22-year-old airwoman, first class, from Tennessee questions why she joined the military two years ago.

I think we're all questioning why she joined the military two years ago if she DIDN'T KNOW IT MIGHT INVOLVE A MILITARY ACTION!!!!

If she's sincerely a CO and not just a spineless tramp, she should already have begun to refuse to carry out the mission she objects to. She should then have the integrity to accept the consequences of her actions and face a court martial.

After that, I'm with Chief--DD and five. I have heard this whine before--"I didn't think I'd really have to fight." I don't buy that sh*t. This airhead knew exactly what the military does.

She just broke one nail too many and got tired of the drill. T.S.

I say let her sit in the brig until her tour of duty is over. Then give her the dishonorable discharge. Just let her sit in the brig.

You can't do that any more. Four decades ago the army woulf send you to barbed wire village. It was considered bad time and you had to make it up when you got out. Today that is considered insensitive.

The Military Oath

The following oath is taken by all personnel inducted into the armed forces of the United States, as found in the US Code, Section 502.

I, _________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.

When the going gets tough... the not so tough go AWOL (and a dishonorable discharge.)