And a short clip...

[conuly]

Some guy who deserted from the Army wants to get refugee status in Canada.

He joined up, of course, for education benefits.

I don't think he'll be successful. It's not like we're under a draft. He voluntarily chose to go into the Army, and it's his own bad luck that there happened to be a chance that he could get killed that way.

Edit: Link's not working. Should be http://premium.cnn.com/pr/video/meta/us/2004/12/11/ but it's not working a'tall. Sorry. You can find the link at CNN, anyway.

Comments

[thren0dy.livejournal.com]

When you join the military, however, you sign up to protect the Constitution and the citizens of the United States. This "war" does not, by any normal human standards, qualify as a reason for our troops to die.

[conuly]

I don't argue. However, judging by the clip his reason for leaving was "well, I can't kill people, I just signed up for the money", and I don't think that argument is going to go over very well.

[thren0dy.livejournal.com]

One should bear in mind the possibilty of killing or being killed when one joins the military, this is true. I couldn't view the clip when I first saw this entry, but I see what your're saying.

I just object to our soldiers being used as Bush's little Risk pieces, and so I can't blame the guy for not wanting to go.