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.

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[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

While I feel sorry for the guy, he did join up voluntarily. AFAIK, no one forced him at gunpoint to join the army. I can understand his being opposed to this war as an unjust one, but I don't think they give you a choice once you're in the military: "Oh, I think I'll sit this one out, thanks."

The problem now is that if he does get sent overseas, he'll be persona non grata with his fellow soldiers. He'll probably die or get seriously wounded in a "friendly fire" incident.