{"id":60833,"date":"2015-07-13T12:54:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T16:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60833"},"modified":"2015-07-13T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T16:15:07","slug":"us-deserters-arent-happy-in-canada-either","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60833","title":{"rendered":"US deserters aren’t happy in Canada either"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Associated Press<\/a> reports that some of the fellows who deserted to Canada rather than honor their pledge to serve their country are still hiding out there and they’re not happy with their current situation since the Canadians aren’t as hospitable as the deserters had hoped;<\/p>\n

There are an estimated two dozen U.S. military members still waiting out their fate in Canada, and the resisters’ movement is seen as nearing a crossroads. With a national election three months away, supporters are hopeful for a Liberal Party victory and more sympathetic stance toward American military exiles, but bracing for the possibility Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper wins re-election.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

“Military deserters from the United States are not genuine refugees under the internationally accepted meaning of the term,” Citizenship and Immigration Canada spokeswoman Nancy Caron said in an emailed statement. “These unfounded claims clog up our system for genuine refugees who are actually fleeing persecution.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

TSO wrote about on of those deserters back in 2008, Corey Glass<\/a>, who wasn’t even really a deserter no matter how much he wanted to be. Say waht you want about the Obama Administration, but they’ve been sending these deserters to prison when they return from the frozen North;<\/p>\n

Besides Hart, at least three other soldiers who were deported or left Canada have been sent to prison: Pfc. Kim Rivera, a mother of five, was sentenced in 2013 to 10 months; Spc. Clifford Cornell of Mountain Home, Arkansas, received a one-year term in 2009, and Pfc. Robin Long of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced in 2008 to 15 months.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, most of them have been represented by James Branum, Esq., quite possibly the worst criminal defense lawyer in history. So, we have that going for us. I support the Canadian liberals in this instance, though. The Canadians should keep them, we don’t need them back. These paragraphs about deserter Patrick Hart kills me, though;<\/p>\n

Hart left his Fort Campbell, Kentucky, base in 2005, a month before he was to be sent to Iraq and after serving nearly a year in Kuwait in 2003. He now lives in Florida and is pursuing a nursing degree, helped by the G.I. Bill. He is seeking to have his bad conduct discharge — a step up from dishonorable — upgraded to other than honorable.<\/p>\n

“Up until the second part of the Iraq War, I was pretty much a model soldier,” said the sergeant, who had hoped his more than 10-year record would work in his favor upon his return, “but they didn’t see it that way.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, funny how a soldier refusing to go to war can screw up his career, huh? Oh, yeah, AP, he’s not a sergeant. The Army doesn’t send sergeants to prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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