tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093114275469628673.post4914228529344502071..comments2023-06-02T17:22:43.445+01:00Comments on Luna17: Free Joe Glenton: the campaign starts nowluna17http://www.blogger.com/profile/03754650933188634442noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093114275469628673.post-15351049172730095972010-03-07T12:13:10.355+00:002010-03-07T12:13:10.355+00:00An appalling case. You have to wonder if people wh...An appalling case. You have to wonder if people who join the military really understand what they're signing up for, and what the consequences will be if they "desert" for whatever reason. (I dislike the word "desert". These people are risking their lives because some politician ordered them to, and are also expected to murder other, often innocent, people. They may have been trained to do this, but they're still human, and not many humans could be faced with such horrors and not be affected. So "desert", in my humble opinion, makes it sound like their refusal to go back to the killing fields is just a whim, a decision taken lightly, when it mostly is not.) And of course in this case the war was illegal, which makes it even more outrageous that he's being punished. <br /><br />I also think that any political leader who declares war should personally lead the troops into battle. That'd soon stop them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com