Cowards and traitors update

*UPDATED*

Via Little Green Footballs, the Posse takes grim satisfaction in noting that Hassan Ackbar has been sentenced to death for murdering his fellow soldiers in Kuwait.

We are pleased that the jurors did the right thing, sending a clear message that while most of American society have been infected by political correctness, the military still has the guts to do what has to be done.

In other military scumbag news, Pablo Paredes' court martial has been set for May 11.  No doubt, Pablo is still surprised.

Meanwhile, the venerable Tom Hayden is asking Canada to offer blanket shelter to American deserters like Jeremy Hinzman.

Canada is quite naturally hesitant, since the last thing they need are the scum of America's armed forces.

Finally, Blake Lemoine, bona fide idiot, is coming home.

Of course, he's not getting a parade or standing ovation like the brave men and women he served with, he's merely being transfered to an Oklahoma prison facility to finish his sentence.

Priceless quote:

The move also upset friends of Blake Lemoine who had been trying to visit him, Alayna Lemoine said.

“They wanted to see him,” Alayna Lemoine said. “Not everybody in Blake’s unit hates him.”

No doubt he's a brilliant conversationalist.

Apart of being bottom-feeders, all of these people have one thing in common:  they bought into the garbage being fed from the anti-war left.

Hassan Akbar was told that the war in Iraq would slaughter Muslims by the thousands.  It wasn't about WMD or liberating Iraq, no it was part of a Bushian War Cult.

Perhaps this banner will remind people of the type of language that may have helped motivate Akbar to kill his fellow soldiers in cold blood.

Paredes already has his own cheering section.  No doubt Pablo's attorney is grinding his teeth over how this undermines any chance at a successful defense.

(Be sure to check out this picture of him in the T-shirt that reads "Like a cabinet member... I resign."  Sure he wanted to serve.)

Hinzman is of course trying to relive the glory days of the Vietnam draft, but that dog doesn't hunt any more.  The activists who claim the Iraq war was immoral are missing the point:  Once Canada makes it national policy to harbor American military fugitives, the response is going to be very ugly.  Offering refuge to deserters is a hostile act, not something an ally does. 

The fact that Tom Hayden crawled out from whatever rock he's been hiding under only underlines how pathetic this gambit is.

Finally, Lemoine is a typical weasel trying to shirk his duty.  We were curious that he drew a longer sentence than the prosecution sought.  Happening across the JAG officer the other day, we asked what this might mean.  The response:  "That prosecutor probably got a stiff talking to from the judge.  They mean to make an example out of this guy."

Way to go Blake, you are the poster child for stupidity!  Your family must be so proud.

The Posse is certain that in the decades to come, our military veterans will proudly display their medals, tell tales of their heroism and always honor the memories of those that made the ultimate sacrifice.

And when it comes time for the likes of Paredes, Hinzman and Lemoine to explain what they did during the great War Against Terrorism, they'll no doubt claim to be proud of shirking their duty, abandoning their comrades and ruining their lives with criminal convictions.

We think, however, that deep inside they will know better. 

When the glare of the public spotlight fades, when the anti-war marchers have moved on their new cause and the web sites have faded into obscurity, they will wonder if it would have been so hard to do the honorable thing and keep their commitment.

We believe that this doubt gnaws at John Kerry, which is why he goes to such lengths to embellish his own service - and stands by the lies he spread 30 years ago.

Perhaps this is why he still hasn't released his military records, though he said 89 days ago that he would.

This is no doubt what Shakespeare meant when he wrote:

Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.

UPDATE:  Almost on cue, Citizen Smash had a short exchange with Pablo Paredes that is worth reading.

Comments

[upke]

Beautiful post........thank you!

[upke]

Beautiful post........thank you!

[upke]

Beautiful post........thank you!

[upke]

Beautiful post........thank you!

[dwilkers]

About 3/4 of the way through I was cracking my knuckles and getting ready to tie it to our fearless would be leader Mr. Kerry but in the end you brought it home precisely.

I'm really baffled by the left. I have no idea why a serving Navy guy would do such a thing as miss a movement and go awol in a time of war. Its just feckin st00pid. He's just BEGGING for a 30 year sentence. From the moment I enlisted in the USMC in 1982 we were drilled on this repeatedly: you do not ever, YOU NEVER miss a movement.

And its not like he was in any real danger serving on a Navy ship. Don't misinterpret, I'm just saying serving on a ship is a helluva lot safer than convoy duty in Baghdad.

He could have applied for conscientious objector status and simply waited for it to be ruled on and he'd probably have been fine. They don't want people on ships or in units that don't want to serve and they would have just processed him out, or given him a job stapling paper together for his remaining term.

Dumb. Really, really dumb.

[Collin Baber]

As the Rikki Tikki Tavi Cobra Death Trance keeps half the population of America rallying around the one who betrays them, the Bushian Warfare Cult has teamed up with Spiderman to help smash down all who challenge their nefarious plans.

[Posse Incitatus]

Collin, do you even read what you've written before you hit the "post" button?

[Collin Baber]

Dear Posse,

Yes.

[J. M. Branum]

Just wanted folks to know that Blake is a free man now in the physical sense (but he was free spiritually when he refused to fight in this immoral war).

More and more GI's are deciding daily to resist this war thank God. Their actions of conscience may be the only hope we have.

[Sithkitten]

Hope for what...hope for an Iraqi civil war. Hope for a world with another sadistic dictator that enjoys draining swamps and gasing groups of people to wipe out their way of life. Yeah...hooray. Whatever. My family will continue to step up and fight the good fight as they have been doing for the last several hundred years. So, run, flee, protest, give in, whine, die, or do whatever; my family will continue to protect, defend, save, and deliver.