Pick Up Your Weapon

In one of the great dramas of modern film, Robocop, the robotic law enforcer famously warns, "Put down your weapon." The US Marines may just have to hire this robot, albeit programmed with the opposite instructions.

Cpl. Joel D. Klimkewicz, a marine stationed in Iraq, was recently court-martialed for refusing to pick up his weapon. Why would he commit such a dastardly act?

The soldier had recently converted to Seventh-Day Adventism, a Christian sect that, entirely against the teachings of Christ, preaches non-violence; and had requested status as a conscientious objector. Of course, his request was denied. For, what would happen if all the marines suddenly got "religion"?

Why, we would have to go home, taking with us all our toys.