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The Big Question is whether we are defending our country. We originally went to Iraq to destroy weapons of mass destruction and to take Sadam Hussein out of power. Then we became Crusaders so the mission changed. Yes our soldiers are volunters not drafted. They signed a contract. I don't believe they should be able to get out of there contract with out it costing them anything after the government and tax payers have spent extreme amounts of money to train them . If they are to be let out of there obligations then they should pay for the money that has been spent on them. The big question is how are they going to do that. The answer is I don't think they can afford to pay the money back. Once the government has made a commitment to the Iraqi people I don't see how the government can afford to let them out. This is a catch 22. Canada has no right to protect our fugitives from justice. If a crime is comitted in the USA then we have the right to bring that person who commits a crime to justice if the crime is committed in our jurisdiction. It should be the same if someone committed a crime under there jurisdiction.

"They know going in that they might be called on to fight a war. "

Yes, a war to PROTECT the US, it's people and it's shores.. Iraq was none of that, it was an invasion of a foreign country to topple their leadership.
I'm sure if they offered the airman a spot elsewhere in the world he would take it.

I haven't heard one military complain about legality or purpose of Afghanistan, only Iraq.

But there would then be a flood of military men/women that looking to follow and leave an embarrasing hole in the Irai ranks..wouldn't it?
Since when is jail time in a military prison the *cake-walk* you seem to be infering?

The day soliders lose the ability to determine what is moral and ethical, our country is in serious trouble. Just because someone volunteers for something, doesn't mean what they have to continue to volunteer if it conflicts with their moral and ethical beliefs. Imagine a situation where the military was ordered to seize the Congress and Judiciary. Who is responcible then to question authority at that point? Every soldiers. If soldiers aren't allowed to question their leaders orders, or in this case be given conscientious objector status, we are one step closer to a military dictatorship lead by the exective branch - which already has the power to wage war, spy, and arrest anyone, without any oversight. That's been proven.

We admire Canada and we do hope that Canada remains the decent country that it has all these years and that Canada doesn't succumb to the corruption and bad government that we now have in the US.

I feel any Military Personal that signed up before Bush siezed control, Should be allowed to leave any time they want! They signed up with the rightful expectation, That the Commander and Chief of the military, Would have SOME, just a glint, of Intelligent Brain function. But then if we had a President with a brain, We would not be in Iraq in the first place.

War is about Power, Greed, and Profit,(just ask the soldier who had to pay the military $632.00 dollers for damaged body armor when the poor guy got shot in Iraq.)all this talk about fighting for Democracy and Freedom is a load of rubbish.

The War is Over, HELLiburton won.

I am a Canadian and I welcome all those who reject Bush and his war. The war is ILLEGAL. Your American young people are being ordered to do something against the law! It is that simple. If they want to object and come here as a result, good on them. They are welcome. However, we just elected a minority conservative government led by a man who thinks George Bush is wonderful, so our policy may change. I hope it doesn't, but I do not trust our new PM one little bit, so if you are planning on coming here, do it now before our new leader gets a chance to change the laws.

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Whoa there!! and back up a bit,, even though Hinzman 'volunteered' it was still with the expectation that he would be involved in "defense of the nation". He became a member of the "Defense Department".

If, as he perceived, his nation was calling on him to perform an illegal "offense" on another nation, he's well within his rights to refuse to participate.

The United States had a great deal to do with the Nuremberg Trial, where it was established that the excuse of "I was just following orders" was insufficient to prove innocence. A soldier is expected to follow all "legal" orders of his superiors. (or as in the case of Bushcompoop, his inferiors.)

I believe all our military should go to the airport an come home now the take over is done there only there till bush hillbillies get another take over in place our generaly are comitting treason should be put in camps too.If they done that it would back them up another decade or two We need to get out an not allow any one in our country for a few years till we get control we the people not our rotten government.

I've been to war and this Iraq bullshit is not war.....this is wrong.....I can't blame anyone who wants out.....I sure as shit wouldn't shed blood for this nonsense. Hope that kid and all the others who bail find their way. Also, all you dipshits that think Iraq is a great thing for our country...jump in and help em out...we'll need lots of help over there to get this sorted out........no?..........didn't think so.....right on Mr Patriot.

Saw a bumper sticker the other day --

Draft Young Republicans!

Some of the rich Republicans might think differently if their kids were headed to Iraq with no body armor and defective equipment. This war is SO WRONG.

I am a Canadian. I say get the hell out of our country. You enlisted in the army to serve at the command of the President not wars you chose. It might have been a bad chose but, you made it. So, stop burden the Canadians with you half ass commitment. To the person that brought up wwII "just following orders" excuss. Only people that were high ranking officers with a lot of influence. Could be charged none of these soldiers would meet these requirments.

I am a Canadian, and you have no right to come into our country and ask for refugee status when you willingly volunteered for the military. Even if there was a draft, you still have a responsibility to your country. It doesn't really matter what you think about the war in Iraq, your elected president ordered you to do it. What did you think when you join the army? Your job is to kill people. And that was alright when they were paying for your university, but when you actually have to put your life on the line it all seems to change. I think you have disgraced youselves and if I personally did anything like deserting my country I don't think that I would ever be able to regain my honour. If you don't want to fight, fine, but stand up for your beliefs and pay the consquences!

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Bush was not elected by the People. The Supreme Court put Bush in the White House. The elections in 2000 were stolen in Florida and stolen again in Ohio during the 2004 elections.

By the way the job of the U.S. military is to protect this country against enemies both foreign and domestic. Iraq was not a threat to the U.S. and WMD was found.

BUSH LIED AND THOUSANDS DIED.

People like Chossudovsky and others tell how Canada is becoming nearly as neo-con as the USA ... except for Univ Health Care. He doesn't just tell, he documents it.

It does not appear there is any safe country in which to hide from Global Intelligence and the International Finance Syndicates, no more Eden's except right here as we wake up and hold our ground.

Not all Canadians are the Mooreist pushovers we are thought to be. If we are truly not participating in the Iraq war we have no business getting involved by taking in deserters. If any leftist Americans think we are all living in a pacifist Shangri-la, you are basing your opinions on a stereotype. We took part in the Boer War (1899), WW1 in 1914 while you waited until 1917, and WW2 in 1939, while you waited until 1942. Sorry if my punctuation is flawed, and keep your Hippies at home America, we've suffered enough from the 60's.

P.S. don't forget Korea.