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December 6, 2004
Pablo won't go
So here we have Pablo Paredes, a Navy Petty Officer who refused to board his ship today for Iraq. He's claiming that he's been against the war from the beginning, so why did he wait until the last possible minute and make a scene out of the whole thing with his dockside revolt?
Well it's pretty simple if you look at it with an eye to common sense and with a bit of skepticism. Pablo is a coward, and when he was safe and sound in Japan, he felt isolated from it. He didn't mind working on weapons systems, taking his pay and socking away money for college.
However when it came time for Pablo to make good on his committment to the US and each and every one of her citizens. He flaked. He turned yellow. Basically, he been taking advantage of the system and when it caught up to him, he's created a political event to get out of it. I'm sure the media that picks it up will go on and on about how military morale is low and that troops don't want to go over to Iraq to serve.
WELL OF COURSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO. No soldier "wants" war. But our soldiers and sailors make a committment to protect the US and serve in her military. Their promise and contract with the people is what ensures our way of life. It protects our freedoms and provides for our way of life. Let's forget that most reports form the field acknowledge that morale is actually high.
The nature of the military is that you make a committment and serve it out. This term of service gives us the ability to invest considerable sums in the soldier to prepare to train him or her for the tasks assigned. This isn't just a job people, it's a military, and you simply can't take from the US people and her military in the form of pay and training, and then decide to pick and choose how that training is applied. SO . . .
I'm sorry Pablo, but we won't be sending you to Iraq. Instead, we'll send you here. After all, we've paid Pablo, trained Pablo and depend on Pablo to live up to his promises. If he's not going to do that, then he can pound big rocks into little rocks for a while.
--Jason
Posted by JasonColeman at December 6, 2004 9:53 PM
Comments
As a vet I've only got one thing to say about this shitheel...
He's a coward.
And I hope he enjoyed being used by the anti-war crowd.
Posted by: daddyx at January 4, 2005 2:08 AM
