'I couldn't deal with being in Iraq anymore'
It's awful to think the U.S. troops can get this desperate.
Jonathan Aponte was so scared of going back to the war in Iraq that last week, on the day he was scheduled to be redeployed, he and his wife paid a hit man $500 to shoot him in the leg. Now Aponte, his wife of 11 days and the man accused of the shooting face a variety of charges, including assault, conspiracy, falsely reporting an incident and harassment.
Aponte, 20, told the New York Daily News that he couldn't get the images of death he'd seen in his 10 months in Iraq out of his mind: "I have nightmares all the time. I hear people screaming, gunshots, explosions, and I can smell burning flesh in my dreams." He described watching a fellow soldier shoot herself in the head in the middle of the dining hall, and said, "I was not going back one way or another. Some people can handle it mentally, but some can't. You have to know when to say enough is enough ... I was desperate to stay home and at the end of my rope ... I couldn't deal with being in Iraq anymore."
Aponte said he knew he could face a prison sentence, but decided it would be better than "being shot at."
he should support our troops
dude @ 1:
Yeah, he should have got a group discount from the hitman to shoot them in the leg too.
he shoulda shot a recruiter in the leg - he'ld do about the same amount of jail time.
He should have just gone bird hunting with Cheney.
[Hank you are so erudite (Hahaha-the "surrender monkeys" line had us all in stitches. Who writes your material?), and your blog is Da Bomb. Sorry I had to change the link-Sitemonitor]
Poor child!! Can anyone imagine the agony this young (20 years old) was facing? Spending time in jail is better than Iraq! I say welcome home and thanks for your tour in Iraq.
As far as Hanks comment is concerend, Global Warming farce? OMG how can you be so closed minded?? Oh let me guess you voted for Bush right? And you think that the conservatives are "protecting our yellow asses?" They have done more damage then ever!! AT LEAST BUSH HAD AN EXIT STRATEGY FOR VIETNAM YOU MORON!!
Our military has been deployed to long. It's time to start bringing them home.
As for you Hank, get your yellow ass over there. Perhaps you can die for oil.
My sister is a clinical psychiatrist and she has been telling me that she has been seeing more and more young men and women who have served in combat in Iraq for more than two tours coming into her office in some of the worst psychologically debilitated shape that she has ever seen in all of her twelve years of practice! So, any of you Righties who are so cavalier about this Hellhole called The Iraq War should "step up to the plate" and replace some of these valiant young men and women over there or.....shut the "F*#K up!!"
Rach @ 7:
WHAT EXIT STRATEGY FOR VIETNAM? WHEN? ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, MORON!
It's hopeless to try to reason with war supporters and almost as useless to try to explain anything to them. The exit strategy for Vietnam applied only to himself. It benefited no one else, but he got out and that's what he wanted. That's what that remark means, if you can understand it. Now, go back to school and enjoy your free public education before funding for that is taken away, too. And, please, let's not call each other names when you don't know the other person. Would you dare to speak that way if you were facing them? Didn't think so. Peace.
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