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December 7, 2006
Was Sailor's Treason Inspired by Moonbattery?
The association between moonbattery and treason is clear on any cursory review of prominent Democrats or left-wing media outlets. It may also explain the case of Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel Weinmann, who was fortunate enough to be sentenced to only 12 years in prison, instead of the death sentence he richly deserves for desertion and for selling classified information to undisclosed foreign governments.
Weinmann was reportedly "disillusioned" with the Navy and with the Bush Administration's foreign policy. He wants to live in another country.
Hat tip: BelchSpeak
Posted by Van Helsing at December 7, 2006 9:58 PM
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VH, thanks for the shout out...
Turns out that he tried to sell a manual on the operation of the Tomahawk missile system in exchange for assylum in Russia. See this site:
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/12/07/navyspysentenced.shtml
Posted by: BelchSpeak at December 7, 2006 10:31 PM
Don't let the door hitcha in the bum on the way out, doofus. I hear Cuba's nice...
Posted by: Chris at December 7, 2006 10:42 PM
then drop him into the middle of fallujah in the middle of a firefight with his uniform on, stripped of any identifying information and no weapon! traitor!
Posted by: nanc at December 8, 2006 9:21 AM
From the little I've read, this guy became disillusioned with the Navy because he had envisioned the military to be more like the Navy depicted in WW2 flicks (and am assuming like the very realistic battle software out there depicting soldiers as noble liberators). Also, one or two of his foreign contacts weren't particularly impressed with the info he offered. In fact one of them laughed at him after hearing this soldier's pitch. Sounds like he was out of touch, bored and looking for adventure. It's too bad. He's a good-looking boy and he's going to waste the prime of his life in the brig. Then he'll truly be bored and disillusioned.
Posted by: jael at December 8, 2006 11:14 AM
Our soldiers ARE noble liberators for the most part. Most of them are very proud of doing what they are doing.
Posted by: Chris at December 8, 2006 2:21 PM
Here's hoping he loves turning big rocks into little rocks. What a turd.
Posted by: Brooklyn Red Leg at December 11, 2006 1:45 PM
