Speaking of Marines, Veterans Search for Missing Marine Who "May Not Want to Be Found"

Well, if we could still concienciously object... though doesn't apply to the enlisted. Jesus, what are we doing to our soldiers. Oh yea, the world must be willing to "Fight and Die", (except for people who order others to do so, don't forget that part.)

When my Uncle came back from Vietnam he dissappeared into the woods for I don't know how long, no one would ever tell me. Only my Grandmother knew where he was. I had a philosophy proffessor who took too much of something and ended up AWOL without knowing it, (again, during Vietnam). Ended up in an opium den in Thailand. Said the only thing he really remembered was being in the boat going over there, (had to lie down so no one would see him), and then being at the place. Told some strange tales about the whole thing. Don't think he got in trouble, actually.

Did you guys hear a while back, (now, this was about a year ago I think), how Bush was sending possees down to pick up people who'd gone to Canada to avoid the Vietnam draft, eventually moved back but had missed the Carter amnesty loophole and gone on and had families, grandchildren, normal lives here again. He had the grandparents arrested and held without access to lawyers or anything just to deter people now from doing something similar. "Sorry to disrupt Grandfathers' day at school but you're going to jail..."

There was one solidier who had deserted, or something, it was so disturbing to read that my memory is fuzzy, but from this war. He was locked up under similar conditions. The most highly decorated marine in the counrty went to visit him in prison and gave him his medal. If anyone can find links to these stories, or remembers them better than I, please post.

From NBC2 News Online:

"CHARLOTTE COUNTY: Veterans pushed aside their battle scars Sunday to search for 24-year-old missing Marine Eric Hall. Hall went missing a week ago and now veteran volunteers fear he may not want to be rescued.

"These troops, they go to war for us and return home and sometimes they don't come home completely 100%," said Adam Birge, Hall's cousin.

"Clinical psychologist Dr. Lynn Bernstein says the reason why so many younger veterans have problems with this disorder is because they're constantly being deployed back overseas, meaning they're re-experiencing this trauma over and over again.

"Veterans say that they believe Hall doesn't want to be found which is making the search even more difficult. Hall's family said that they will not give up until he is found."

Their state of mind so well reflects the reports we get of death/injury/horrors over there doesn't it?

Full story: http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=17436&z=3