Crybaby awaits fate
I mentioned Cliff Cornell last week when the deserter from the Army was booted from Canada and spent his first night in jail in Bellingham, WA. Well, apparently, after a three day bus ride, he’s arrived in Savannah, GA and he burst into tears at the thought of having to pay for his irresponsible behavior (WMAZ 13);
Cliff Cornell’s tough exterior dissolves into tears as he prepares to return to the Army four years after he fled to Canada to avoid the war in Iraq.
The 29-year-old Cornell of Mountain Home, Ark., plans to turn himself in to military police today at Fort Stewart, where he’ll likely face criminal charges for abandoning his unit before it deployed to Iraq in January 2005.
He says he fled because the war has failed to improve the lives of Iraqi civilians, and he couldn’t stomach the thought of killing.
Touches your heart doesn’t it? He joined the Army in 2002 and, became an artilleryman (a very peaceful occupation) and went AWOL in 2005. He told Associated Press;
“I’m nervous, scared,” Cornell said, wiping puffy eyes beneath his sunglasses Monday at a Savannah hotel after a three-day bus ride from Seattle. “I’m just not a fighter. I know it sounds funny, but I have a really soft heart.”
Soft head, too apparently. But he dresses up in dragon and skull tattoos;
Cornell’s attorney, James Branum of Lawton, Okla., has a rock solid case;
He said he hopes the Army shows some leniency since Cornell avoided the war because of his political convictions.
“This is different from someone leaving for selfish reasons,” Branum said. “This is someone who said, ‘I’m not going to kill civilians.'”
Got news for you, stud – I’ll bet you cash money that everyone in the Army has said the same thing – that’s why there are so few civilian casualties in this war. It’s typical and part of the narrative of the intellectually vacant Left that our warriors are all bloodthirsty murderers – except for the brave deserters.
H/t to someone for the link to Free Republic.
Category: Antiwar crowd, Liberals suck, Phony soldiers
“This is different from someone leaving for selfish reasons,” Branum said. “This is someone who said, ‘I’m not going to kill civilians.’”
I just had to chug down a Genny Light after reading this line!
Where’d this lawyer come from, IVAW/VVAW/VFP referral?
Branum better have the proof to back up his allegations that it’s SOP for US Soldiers to receive orders to kill civilians.
“This is different from someone leaving for selfish reasons,”
I got news for you, pal. EVERY one who deserts does so for selfish reasons.
The ones who stay and stand in line? They do it for SELFLESS reasons.
They stay and fight because they gave their word they would. They stay and fight because they won’t leave their brothers and sisters behind. They stay because, if they ran, someone else would have to step up and take their place, and men of honour would never allow that.
If nothing else, they stay behind so their children will never have to bear the stain of a father’s desertion as his legacy to them.
“But…but…but… I’m a (snif) big (sob) brave (wimper) Deserter.”
Oh Boo F’n Hoo. This Mary is going to be VERY popular on the ol’ cell block.
It’s a crying shame he’s got such a pretty mouth! Oh well, I hope he is into alternative lifestyles.
This guy was in the Army? Looks like the past three years packing groceries hasn’t lead to much upper body development.
I’ve seen bigger arms on a watch.
On second thought, I think I’ll send my eight-year old son to tent-peg this dirtbag. I’m tryng to teach him how to take out the trash, and this looks like a “teaching moment” as it his principal says.
This a$$hats story don’t touch me none….The left has been infiltrating the Army since 74 at the least. Its only gotten worse.
Let him be wounded on the battlefield and we will be there for this piece of carp…..
Looking back over the collection of gutless weenies in the press over the last year or so – all of whom portray themselves as Suffering Superheroes who turned their back on Da Man and his evil, civilian-slaughtering war – I have reached the sad conclusion that most of these brainless sh*theads are the planned result of the dumbing down of our youth by the government / socialist reeducation centers, i.e., public schools, and the America-hating revisionist history passed along to them. Frankly, it makes me respect that much more, our young people who DO step up and answer the call.
Maybe they won’t have any commie bastard book agents offer them contracts like these other effing traitors, but they will always know the meaning of the word, “Honor”.
And I will always be proud to call them a brother or sister in arms.
While I have no sympathy for Cornell it is not correct that the artillary branch in the Army today is a “peaceful occupation”. The vast majority of those in the Artillary MOS who have been stationed in Iraq during this war have been used as infantrymen. I point this out not to be critical but to shed light on the fact that soldiers in our Army today pretty much all share the responsibilities of protecting and fighting for our freedom while the cowards, ie liberals and democrats, reap the rewards of the sacrifice of the brave and patriotic.
My son is in the Airborne and is a Rigger. When riggers are deployed they serve as “convoy security”… manning a gun on trucks or Humvees all day in case of IEDs explode and ambush occurs, much like the Artillary MOS you speak of. Nothing is safe when they go to war, this I know.
I have political convinctions. I believe that anyone who implies that our troups are murdering innocent civilians in cold blood, needs to have their ass kicked, and anyone who deserts, leaving his battle buddies to watch their own backs… well, that person is a coward, unfit to lick the boots of those who serve with honor. Think if I were to beat them within an inch of their lives, a judge would take my “political convictions” into consideration????
Go, Hoosier Army Mom, go. Heh. These IVAW *pukes* are Gerber baby food spit ups. Never in battle, CONUS soldiers I knew were not the *wimps* these cruds are for f’ng sure.
Get this;
““Well, that was part of my agreement I had with my recruiter. I told him what I wanted to do, but I didn’t want to go to war, and he more or less guaranteed I would never be shipped to war,“ Cornell said.”
You pick a combat mos and you honesty expect not to go to war?
http://www.wsav.com/sav/news/local/military/article/cliff_cornell_turns_himself_in_to_the_army_after_four_years/9467/
Dweeb: “I want to learn how to fire high explosives precisely on target… but I don’t want to hurt anyone or break anything.”
Recruiter: OooooKayy. Sign here.
ROTHFLMAO!
Does the words “stupid assclown” come to mind for anyone else???
’s a crying shame he’s got such a pretty mouth! Oh well, I hope he is into alternative lifestyles.
I believe it is a membership requirement for IVAW/VVAW/VFP.
UUMM…
If this fellow were to actually, you know, READ his contract, he’d find in all that paperwork that he signed, a statement that his recruiter has made NO promises to him beyond what is written in the contract, and that, regardless, the Army is not obligated to follow through with anything he agreed to if it is in the best interests of the Army to do otherwise.
Read the frikkin’ contract, buddy. BEFORE you sign it. This attitude of his is the same reason we are in the financial mess in the housing market. No one read their contracts, they just signed the papers and took the keys.
Sigh…
I remember it like it was yesterday, man. There we were, loading ord into this halftrack for the 1st Recon Squadron Infantry Brigade when their gunny came over to us and informed us that we were now riflemen in the Marines and should grab our gear and form up outside the latrines for inspection…we were headed into the shit. We were stunned! This wasn’t anything like what our recruiter told me it would be. This wasn’t like my contract at all! I joined the military to learn a trade, not shoot innocent civilians who blow themselves up because we invaded their country to steal their oil! I wanted college money, not blood on my hands! I wanted to meet hot German chicks and drink beer, not load Warthog gunships with depleted nukes! That’s when I said “No way, man.” and me and Sebastian stole a ’73 Toyota and drove to Toronto. Dissent is patriotic!
SPC Jesse Joshua McBadass
33rd Motorized Transportation Brigade Infantry
Fort Huachuca 2007-2008
He’s a piece of garbage. I hope they give him prison time, and I hope he gets a big, smelly, hairy boyfriend in there. A family member of mine is in Iraq. He’s only been there a few months and has earned a purple heart, has shrapnel in his legs from a bomb, and his unit found another mass grave of men, women, children complements of the Hussein era. The kids can go to school without fear, thanks to our brave men and women. Let the crybaby rot in jail.
Claymore –
It was an old joke in the 80s for guys to say, “I met my wife during the war and brought her home with me”.
The reply was usually, “Oh, she’s Vietnamese?”
“No…uhh.. Canadian.) ;o)
He turned himself in! Come on now, let’s be honest about something here. How many of you have been to war?? Yes there are a few, but not all. Skye, what was your mos, hossier mom..its your kid, not you.
Until you know what this guy was about to go through, you can’t judge him for it.
He got scared, he left. Better he got scared before then there and leaves someone unprotected that was relying on him.
And don’t give me that crap that he made others work harder to make up for him. You all know the Army always overworks the troops
I’ll respond to S.D. as soon as the Bile in my throat subsides.
O.K. SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT…I took a couple of pulls on my jug of Kickapoy Joy Juice,took off my above the knee pros.,scratched my head and my ass,thought about the combat induced,tramatic amputation, and seeing what was left of my fucking leg laying about 15 yards away,and wondered…does this asshole even know what a MOS is…I’ll gladly tell you mine if you tell me yours,(I’ll give you a hint…It involved killing enemies of OUR country!) As for not knowing what he went through,being scared and all of that other happy horse shit…DO YOU REALLY THINK HE WAS THE ONLY ONE EVER SCARED???Since you have never served your country or anything else that didn’t invole your benefiting from it,or stood in harms way(as in you are a fucking COWARD..)I’ll let you in on a little secret if you promise not to tell anyone…everyone gets scared when other people try to kill them!!!It’s called a natural reaction.As for Hoosier Army Mom…See how your sensitive ass would feel if someone you loved was in a war zone you prick…As for judging that traitorous,deserting, rat bastard excuse for a mouth breathing sack of shit,MYSELF AND MILLIONS OF OTHER VETERANS HAVE EARNED THAT RIGHT, AND NOT YOU OR ANY WASTE OF FUCKING FLESH CAN SAY OTHER WISE, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH YOU WHINE OR FUCKING BELLYACHE ABOUT IT!!!SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT…PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,KISS MY FUCKING RED INDIAN ASS YOU FUCKING EXCUSE FOR A SELF PROPELLED PIECE OF SHIT!!!
Gotta love that I have the freedom of speech. Thank you for protecting that Injun.
You got that right BITCH…If not for me and other veterans you wouldn’t have even that!
Hey, Brother Airborne –
Don’t let the trolls get your BP up; they can’t bite, can’t fight and are mostly just impotent 40 year olds living in Mom’s basement, drawing an SSI check and playing with the computer all day, either cruising the gay porn sites or trolling the mil blogs. So – go ahead and laugh at them like everyone else does, but don’t let ’em rile you.
Just keep in mind – when you go to bed tonight, and wake up in the morning, you will still be a free man, a warrior, and a friend of everyone here. but when an a**hole gets up tomorrow… he’ll still just be an a**hole.
Uurrah.
Southern Dhimmicrat:
I sure as hell hope that you don’t infect my part of the country with your presence. I thought that “Little Dick” Wheeler was a shitpile liberal, but you’ve caused all of us to think of him in just a little better light. Above, where was “Freedom of Speech” the issue Asshat? “He turned himself in……”: Was that to mean that he did the right thing? How in hell is it doing the right thing, when you have no other alternative in your effort to continue doing wrong? The coward didn’t have many options left. He had run out his welfare welcome to Canada, and having to hide, look over his shoulder and use a false name here in the US of A would have been a fearsome endeavor for him.
Ain’t no way to milk it, except that he is a cowardly little whiner. Anyone who can see good in this slimy bastard is no damned better. And, Southern Dhimmicrat- You said that you won. Damned straight! It is on your shoulders now. I will readily give you, (and the several thousand illegal votes that were cast.), full credit for all of Prez Husseins “Accomplishments” while he, Polosi and Reid have their orgy. Cliff Cornell is a cowardly asswipe. I have 3 nieces who each did more than he ever even dreamed of doing for his country. (Don’t have a count of nephews who did, too many there.)
nuf sed
Hey southern DUMBocrat!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I’ve been to Iraq! Skye has seen the pictures, so quit harassing her. The last guy who harassed her found himself before a judge!
I’ve seen the hungry kids that should have been well-fed under the so-called “oil for food” program that your ragheaded buddy sodom stole to build palaces for himself!!!! I was told by ordinary Iraqi citizens that they’d do whatever they could to help the Americans.
Now, what do you have to say to ME who’s actually BEEN to Iraq???????????
#19Southern Democrat
“He turned himself in! Come on now, let’s be honest about something here. How many of you have been to war??”
Twice, the wife has been once. One best friend just got back and another is at the Ft. Riley MOB site.
“And don’t give me that crap that he made others work harder to make up for him. You all know the Army always overworks the troops.”
Do you have any idea what it is like to roast in an uparmored HMMVW. Dismount and run around in “full battle rattle” with idiots making bang-bang at you? When there is time to sleep, it’s nice to have as many people to be the 1/3rd on security while the rest get some minutes to sleep. Helps you keep from waking up with a slit throat.
We took 107mm rockets, mortars, and RPGs from the ville down the road on an operation once. The ville is still there and we didn’t drop any 120mm mortars on it. His fear of widespread civilian massacres are groundless.
“I’m just not a fighter. I know it sounds funny, but I have a really soft heart.”
BWHAAAAAAA!!! That’s a fucking sidesplitter, because Drill Sergeants train recruits to be Soldiers who fight and kill the enemy, not ‘soft heart’ the mutherfuckers to death.
@Southern Democrat:
I’ve been to war twice. Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi freedom. Last I checked being ‘overworked’ comes with the territory. My MOS was 96B40 Intelligence Analyst. In war I did battlefield prep, and helped assess enemy situation in close and deep combat. Also did BDA, and bunker sweeps. I worked in FOBs and Jump TOCs.
I can judge that little chickenshit for the worthless POS he is. He joined for the college money and didn’t think he’d ever have to do what he was trained for…all in time of war, no less. Do us a favor and STFU.
SD,
I’ve been shot at. I’ve lost friends. I’ve carried the bodies of dead children in my own arms. I, too, stood the lonely watch in the faraway, back in the longago, because I looked around this great nation and decided that yes, there was something here worth risking my life to preserve. Through my service, I am now a life member of the Disabled American veterans.
All that, and 2 bucks, will get me a cup of coffee at the local McDonalds. It is, I suspect, probably more than you’ll ever do for our country. Or even consider doing.
Respects,
You all are quick to judge, and quick to wave your arms and decide that I know not what it means to be an American. I pay taxes like you do, I work a job that brings products to the table that help people. You feel the need to prove yourself as worthwile americans by serving. I see it as being a productive member of society. So dont you sit there and say that I do nothing for my country. Just because I had choices out of highschool and went to college instead of relying on the Govt to pay me to be a killer and then hand me a little spare change to go pay for school with. I wake up and work every day to pay taxes that go to take care of programs that I support. Why shouldnt we pitch money in to pay for those less fortunate? How many of you waste money on beer or cigarettes or chewing tobacco. All things that kill you! Take that money thats spent worldwide and you could feed everyone.. This kid joined After 9/11. He probably had the urge to prove himself with service. I suspect he had no other options. He tried it, he couldnt hack it. So let him go. What good is it to have someone who’s not in the fight mentally next to you. You all talk about how your stood oyur watch and kept the bad guys from slitting your throats (which I think sounds ridiculous) What if this guy was on duty and was supposed to be watching you, but instead was scared and cowering somewhere. You’d get killed. How is it not better to get rid of the people who cant make it, then allow them to indanger your life? And Paul Coultrain or whatever your name is…I merely said that Skye seems to have quite a strong view about a war she’s never fought in. SO she saw some pictures you took when you were driving around afghan..big deal. How does that make her someone who can judge a soldier? And… Read more »
SD,
Soros pay you by the word?
Didn’t Hitler’s closest bodyguard have the same initials?
Yes You Can (be a Nazi).
“So dont you sit there and say that I do nothing for my country. Just because I had choices out of highschool and went to college instead of relying on the Govt to pay me to be a killer and then hand me a little spare change to go pay for school with.”
Yep, thanks for confirming that you are America Hating hippie scum that is ungrateful to those who sacrifice for your freedom.
You’re not worth to sniff their jocks, no matter how much you’d jump at the chance.
Umm… SD, Ya know what? I had choices too. I went to college too. I paid for it with my own money, and NOT Uncle Sugar’s GI BIll. (though, in fairness, I used it for other courses and Vocational rehabilitation training as well). I chose to use my education and become a sheepdog, not a sheep. Of course, being the self-centered little shit that your writings show you to be, you wouldn’t understand that. You couldn’t possibly understand why someone might volunteer a major portion of their life to protect something like the Constitution. It’s beyond your comprehension to understand why someone might choose such a sacrifice on behalf of others. How someone can grasp the concept of something larger than themselves, something worth sacrificing for. And the saddest past is that you, like so many who think as you, just plain can’t comprehend what the word “sacrifice” means. It doesn’t mean going without martinis on friday. It doesn’t mean downsizing to Aruba from the Grand Caymans. It means missing Christmas with your kids so that other families can celebrate in peace and safety. For too many, it meant giving up their tomorrows for our todays. We stood the watch so that you could be a jerk back home. You could sip your latte and pout at the provincialism of the masses, and set your heart to flutter at Chomsky’s latest assinine dribble because better men and women than you will ever hope to be chose a life of service to their nation, their countrymen, their constitution. And that’s it, I suspect. That’s what really sticks in your craw. You’ve finally realized that when your country called, you were found wanting. Too busy, too se;f-important, too hip to be a good citizen. So you let someone else punch your ticket for you, and the whole cold, sick feeling in your stomach is you understanding what a loser you really are. So you lash out like a petulant child, an elitist, narcissistic self-absorbed child, stamping your feet and shouting at the bad kids who pointed out that you’re just another Nancy-boy.… Read more »
So Dem
So Dumb,
So keyboard brave.
So Useless.
So What? Your opinions are of no interest to me.
So Fuck off