{"id":7705,"date":"2009-02-08T17:36:30","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T22:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=7705"},"modified":"2009-02-08T19:36:06","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T00:36:06","slug":"andre-shepherds-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=7705","title":{"rendered":"Andre Shepherd’s hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our buddy, Andre Shepherd<\/a>, the fellow who deserted from his support battalion in Germany and spent a year hiding out with punk rock bands<\/a> and admitted commie Darnell Stephen Summers<\/a> has finally had his hearing with the German government requesting asylum<\/a> from the evil US government.<\/p>\n

The whole basis of his claim that he needs asylum is because desertion is a capitol crime. It’s not played up that much in the US press because it’s pretty ridiculous. The last soldier that the Army executed, John A. Bennett, was hanged April 16, 1961 after being convicted of a January 1955 rape of an 11-year-old Austrian girl who Bennett also tried to drown after the rape. Shepherd’s crime hardly rises to the level of rape and attempted murder.<\/p>\n

The last deserter to be executed by the Army was Eddie Slovik on January 31, 1945, and despite the fact that 21,000 soldiers deserted in World War Two and 49 were given death sentences, only Slovik was executed.<\/p>\n

But that doesn’t stop Shepherd from tugging at the Euro-weinies’ heart strings; <\/p>\n

If I were to be found guilty of such a crime, U.S. military regulations state they have the right to convict me with a penalty of death. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Cleveland.com, Shepard is quoted making the most ridiculous claim;<\/p>\n

In an interview Monday, Shepherd said, “I will definitely fight on, as I don’t believe I or anyone else should be prosecuted for doing what they think is right.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure we can parade a slew of criminals in front of Shepherd that would say the same thing about their respective crimes.<\/p>\n

The Cleveland.com article also thinks that 80,000 soldiers in Germany waiting for Shepherd to be granted asylum so they can all go AWOL, too.<\/p>\n

The case could have profound legal and political implications. If Shepherd is granted asylum, it could open the door for other applications from the up to 80,000 U.S. soldiers based in Germany.<\/p>\n

Tim Huber from the Military Counseling Network, which has been working with Shepherd, said in an interview Monday, “There would not be a whole lot stopping U.S. soldiers walking off their base” to claim asylum.. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t think they realize how much damage they’re doing to Shepherd’s case by speculating that Germany could be deluged with 80,000 layabouts applying for asylum. Not that I think there’s even one soldier awaiting the outcome of this case – it’s just that Germans aren’t real pleased with the last couple of bunches of asylum-seekers they had come in to their country. They didn’t even like the East Germans at first.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure I know how this case will end up – the same way all of those deserters’ cases in Canada turned out. The Germans know, as well as the Canadians know, Shepherd, or any other deserter, won’t be put to death – and that’s the only thing they don’t like about the US justice system.<\/p>\n

This is just Shepherd’s way of avoiding his responsibilities completely – not going to Iraq and not willing to go to jail for breaking his promises and forcing his duties on his comrades. I’m pretty sure the Germans have their heads screwed on straight and they’ll turn Shepherd over to military authorities after they finish their hearing procedures. And of course, the Left will whine from now until the end of time about it.<\/p>\n

Thanks to several people who’ve sent me links over the past week about Shepherd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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