CO? Denied!

It takes more resolve to declare yourself a conscientous objector than it does to train, go to war, and possibly come back from war.  While I do not approve of Jashinkski’s actions, it is amazing to me that she held her ground and did not let them frighten her into submission.

I have never approved of those who volunteer for military service and upon realizing that being shipped overseas for combat is inevitable, they find God, or suddenly become peace-lovers, or otherwise change their character or actions to somehow being “better” people.

Especially in time of war.

When the news broke that the 101st would be shipped out in 1990, several fellow soldiers who I routinely saw drunk out in the clubs and whoring around with girls of ill-repute suddenly became peace loving chapel attendees on Sundays.  Of course, this was only because if you were at chapel you didn’t have to stand watch.

It is more reprehensible falsely profess belief in God than it is to be an atheist.  I’d rather fight with someone who was a non-believer that you could count on when the chips were down, than to have to rely on someone who was a battlefield convert and decided to let God sort it out.