VFP wants a “sanctuary city” for deserters
The latest deserter ejected from Canada was seized by border agents Wednesday, tossed in the local hoosegow and then ROR to return to Fort Stewart and turn himself in, according to the Bellingham Herald;
Cliff Cornell fled the U.S. Army four years ago for British Columbia when his Georgia artillery unit was ordered to serve in the Iraq War.
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, Cornell was deported from Canada, arrested in the U.S. and booked into the Whatcom County jail.
I don’t know what the locals were thinking when they released an admitted deserter from the military hoping he’ll turn himself in to the Army on the other side of the country, but we’ll see if it pans out for them.
But what got my attention was that the idiot for the local Veterans For Peace chapter wants to make Bellingham, WA a “sanctuary city” for deserters being ejected from Canada. Of course, his name would have to be Marx, wouldn’t it;
Gene Marx, a local peace activist and member of the Bellingham Veterans for Peace, Chapter 111…and other local peace activists are asking officials to make Bellingham a “sanctuary city” so military deserters will not be arrested by locals and handed over to federal officials.
Out of all of the things this so-called “veterans” organization could be doing for the troops who served honorably without deserting their posts and leaving their work for someone else to do, these buffoons want to make a hiding place for the lowest and least responsible humans in our country. That’d be a real feather in the cap of Bellingham – also famously the hometown of Evan Knappenberger – the crud who threatened to bomb the Gathering of Eagles and Michelle Malkin last year.
The funny part is that this is how the VFP chapter announced Cornell’s release from jail;
After an eight-hour delay on the US/Canadian border and a night of incarceration, Cornell was finally able to rejoin his unit at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
They made it sound like law enforcement was preventing him from being with his comrades. here’s a screen shot because I’m not linking a VFP website here. Notice the “throng of supporters” in the picture. I guess five is a “throng” these days.
So, let’s say Bellingham is a sanctuary city today, would the VFP then be keeping Cornell from “rejoining his unit”?
Category: Antiwar crowd, Liberals suck, Phony soldiers
How about Walla Walla, WA? They have a nice facility these guys could stay at…
If the military is a volunteer force…shouldn’t people be allowed to decide when they are done serving?? No other job has a contract where you can’t get out. Still having that in the army is ridiculous
Jonn wrote: Yeah, you need to go back to Barbie.com and talk about the new pink Barbie Hummer with your other friends because this stuff is waaaaayyyyyy over your head, junior.
Jonn-
DON’T. MAKE. ME. LAUGH.
hahahahahahahahaha!
Coroded Senses,
Make a long story short, If you desert the military, your former comrades have to cary your load and pull your guard duty. Screwing your fellow servicemebers over can literaly kill them. It’s not a 9 to 5 job.
Corroded Sense? LOL… Another one of the 12 yr old kos kids trying to talk to the adults in the room. I’ll bet someone there promised him/her that pink hummer, and I ain’t talking about the car. It will go back, crying, telling them how mean it was treated and how it tried to show everyone the way, but they were just too mean.
I thought Ft.Levenworth was for those “special” Deserter folks who are sorta misunderstood…
No, I dont think that if you leave a position that you make more work for those around you. There are hundreds of thousands of you army people that they can take and replace. Dont make it sound like theres a whole of of work to be done overseas and one person missing is going to make a difference.
Heck, didnt I read that there were more suicides then casualites in Iraq last month? I mean, if they didnt force people to fight this illegal war, maybe they wouldnt be pushed to take their own lives.
PLUS, im sure theres enough people who like killing that they can find someone to fill in a spot where a true patriot resisted the unlawful orders to kill innocent muslins
Wow! Common Sense–what a misnomer! You are so totally brainwashed. It is amazing just to hear your opinions and see how duped and naive you really are. I’m not going to argue with you because–what would be the point? You’ve got your teachers, the news media, your ultra liberal parents to tell you what to think and how to believe. I’m a total stranger. What would I know? All I ask is that you turn off the Wii and read some books–and not the ones they make you read at school. Find something that is going to challenge your brainstem a little–something out of your comfort zone. AND THINK! Go somewhere on-line besides the dailykos or huffington post to get your information. Just do it once. At least you’ll be a little more informed than you are now. I can’t even get mad at you. I feel sorry for you. You are so simple.
Missed out on the hummer, no sense? You are so stupid on so many different things, it just makes me laugh. “Illegal war”, that idea has been debunked so many times, but you can’t use a search engine so you can’t find out why. Like Drie said, go somewhere other than kos or huffpo or du for information. Drop your membership in ANSWER, I’d tell you to hurry before your brain turns to mush, but I think it’s too late for that, already.
CS If you are serious about this topic and not just a hit and runner I would live to point out every single part of your post that is wrong. “Dont make it sound like theres a whole of of work to be done overseas and one person missing is going to make a difference.” I can say that one person can make a big difference becuase in my unit people have to be trained on the newest stuff, people going on leave and heaven forbid injurys. It a glance that one person does not seem like a lot but the truth be told it can be a great deal. “Heck, didnt I read that there were more suicides then casualites in Iraq last month? I mean, if they didnt force people to fight this illegal war, maybe they wouldnt be pushed to take their own lives.” You cannot pin the reason that these people took thier lives soly on one issue(Iraq). Most often it is becuase of many issues all comeing to gether. One thing that I have noticed is that people can be very stubborn about wanting or getting help. I know a few people that could have both arms blown off and still argue over going to seek medical help. Plus considering that the warning signs are very subtle. “PLUS, im sure theres enough people who like killing that they can find someone to fill in a spot where a true patriot resisted the unlawful orders to kill innocent muslins” We do not shoot at anyone just for the fun of it. We have rules of engagment that we follow and those who have broken those rules have gone or faceing jail time. Just to make it clear, we do not kill for fun; we only use deadly force when we have too. PERIOD. To say that we enjoy it could not be further from the truth. I have been here quite a while and I have yet to fire my weapon in anger. How about this look up the entires with my name on it and… Read more »