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"Dodging" to Canada
In the "addle-brained journalists are not a US monopoly" catagory Fark helps us find this stay-puft piece on US soldiers going AWOL to Canada:
The story for many of these deserters is the same: a life in the military appeared to be a good choice at first, not to mention a quick and easy way to further their education. But few expected that they would be sent overseas in very hostile conditions such as Iraq.
Note the heavy "poor-American-forced-to-fight" spin versus the "teenager-thought-the-gun-was-for-show" truth. Germany requires all citizens to either perform government service or serve in the military for a few years (I think it's 4, but I could easily be wrong), so I guess this poor German fluffer just couldn't get his or her head around the fact that the US military is all volunteer. Oh, it's mentioned, but you can tell just by reading that the author didn't really understand it.
As for the moronic cowards who are actually doing this? Here's a tip for all you teenagers marching against Bush: don't want to go to Iraq? Don't sign up for the Army!
Agreed. If you're going to sign up, you damn well need to be prepared to do what they ask. I did six years in the Reserves. Did I have to go to any foreign countries and fight? No. Why? Luck (I managed to pick the exact start time between Desert Shield and Kosovo) and the fact that I signed up as a MECHANIC. Mechanics in the Air Force rarely fight. If you want to serve and get money for college - don't sign up as Infantry. We should send someone up there, grab the stupid bastards, and send them to Leavenworth for a few years.
Posted by: Ron on April 5, 2004 04:21 PMOne of the nuttiest versions of the George W. AWOL stories is that he went to Saudi Arabia duing that period on a secret mission organized by his father and some Big Oil lawyer, Richard Mellon Scaife, and that Fox had the story but canned it. All lies!
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