Look Before You Leap You Idiot's - Or, Don't Join The Military Services Just To Pay For That New Car!

This little bit of information pops up in the news every once in a while and when it does deserves mention by this blogger. Currently there is a young man holed up in our neighbor to the north, the great sovereign nation of Canada, by the name of Jeremy Hinzman. You see Jeremy is a deserter from the US Army and is fighting, which seems quite odd since that is exactly what he ran away to avoid, to remain in Canada. Jeremy deserted the Army when he received orders to go to Iraq back in 2004 and like many deserters before him took up refuge in the great white north when he was asked to fulfill the commitment he had made to his country to serve and protect his nation (now please don't confuse serve and protect with the behavior of police department's across this great country). Jeremy it seems is one of those young men who thought going into the military was a good idea until someone explained that his primary job is that of a combat soldier. Now mind you, I am not aware of this young man's MOS (military occupational status), maybe it was infantry soldier and then again maybe it was clerk or jerk or cook or some other rear echelon job I really don't know and really don't care. If Jeremy is that stupid that he didn't understand what could happen to him if he joined the Army then he should not have been accepted because he more than likely does not meet the minimum intelligence requirement for placement in the good old US Army.

On the other hand, if he joined to pay for that new car or some other expense and thought of military service as an easy way to make ends meet, than once again we are dealing with a young man of diminished capacity. Service in the military of one's country, to the best of my knowledge, involves a certain amount of risk as the primary purpose of a military is to protect one's nation and it's interest's abroad. Now I know there is much debate to be had over the current mess in Iraq and there will be for decades to come. There are as many reason why we shouldn't be in that part of the world as reasons why we should, but that still does not excuse desertion. By the way Jeremy isn't going to be sent to Iraq or Afghanistan if he comes back, he's going to Federal prison for a few years for breaching his contract with Uncle Sam, get an undesirable or dishonorable discharge and will get on with his life. What's wrong with that, he will only be getting what a douche bag like him deserves, I am not wishing that he gets made a man the hard way in prison, just some time to think about what he has done.

So here's my point, if you know some young person who is contemplating military service, do them a great favor and explain what may or may not be in their future and even go as far as explaining the potential risks, that is, possible maiming and or death. Let them make informed decisions and then if they decide they still want to serve, encourage them to do so as service in the military is of the highest order of honor. I have served in the military and did so as a draftee way back when there was a draft, and in fact ended up enlisting to get a better job. I served because I was called to serve and did so honorably, OK, in between the times I was shaming all of mankind with my bad behavior, but I didn't run away from or shirk my responsibilities I agreed to in the contractual agreement I signed with the US Government. So how bout the liberal media giving up on this goof, let his deportation take place and stop trying to make him poster boy for the militarily abused.