Alright, so saying anything on this topic is really risky. I could face a lot of back lashing for my opinions on war, peace, and the military. That being said, I'm willing right now to take that risk and draw attention to this very important issue.
War resistors are members of the military who, for some reason or another, have fled the military. The cause for doing so may be because they object the war going on. Others are fleeing because the thought of killing people doesn't sit right with them and they only joined the military because of financial pressure. There are many other reasons for fleeing the military.
Canada has had a long history with supporting war resistors. Canada was the place to be during the Vietnam war. (We could argue all day about whether or not there even is such a thing as a just war, but most would agree that Vietnam was not a just war). However, Canada's recent history with war resistors has not been so glorious.
There are a number of resistors in Canada now who are facing deportation. Upon arriving in America, they will face a court martial, time served in jail, and possibly even the death penalty in some states. I don't believe this is right.
Please go to http://www.resisters.ca/index_en.html, for more information.
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I would be willing to wager that the individual cases of each war resistor are so varied as to I can't be for or against fleeing the military. In some cases, deserting truly is cowardice.
Nobody likes war. There is a bizarre, new paradigm that's come into culture recently that says some people are just warmongers. That's asinine. While I agree that some men would count the cost a little more closely if they weren't simply standing on computers, ordering men into battle, I disagree that wars happen because somebody LIKES war.
This is a long discussion to be had another time. We should have it.
Please Sir....may I have some more? Long time no blog...keep em coming, I enjoy this literature.
Hope things are good.
-Alicia
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