Comments on: Soldiers Against Iraq Desert To Canada

Taking A Cue From Predecessors In Vietnam Era, Some Disillusioned Flee

[jb01201a]

As far as I am concerned, consider the news source. CBS, CNN, NBC, AP are all liberal based drive by media outlets. This is the only way, thes news groups can feel good about themselves. These soldiers going up to Canada are cowards ! The real heroes are the US Military fighting every day to protect our freedoms. It is sad to see these major news outlets condemn anything that is American and even the American flag is hated by the liberal democrat party and the US liberal drive by media. Thanks soldiers for keeping the US free and God Bless the USA!

[feelfree1]

Winstrv,

Re: "No one is forced to join the military. When you do, you swear to uphold the constitution; support and defend the United States against enemies, foreign and domestic"

Indeed, and this courageous man is fulfilling that oath in the best possible way, by refusing to participate in an illegal and disgraceful war of choice.

Re: "and most importantly, obey the orders of those appointed over you."

You are mistaken. The Constitution is the most important, since "those appointed over you" lack any legitimacy or authority whatsoever, without it.

[feelfree1]

I salute this man.

It is incouraging to see our wisest and bravest service members refusing to take part in the Bush regime war-crimes!

To our troops:

"Do not fight for a dying regime. It is not worth your life."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKpeKQA6B4

www.appealforredress.org

www.thankyoult.org

[themartyred]

""When I realized these people we were killing %u2014 'cause we killed a lot of %u2014 I saw a lot of dead people %u2014 when I realized the people we were killing had nothing to do with 9/11, that%u2019s when I was, like, 'OK, this is not for me!' This, ya know, I was wrong."

WHEN ARE THE REST OF THEM GOING TO WAKE UP TO THIS REALIZATION!

GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE OF OVERLY BEING 'PATRIOTIC' PEOPLE! We all love our great US of A, but sending troops to a war based on a lie, that is continued to try and save history's opinion of the worst president ever, is downright EVIL to the families of men & women who have died after 2004ish when it was starting to be revealed, and has been REPEATEDLY that this country had NOTHING to do with OSAMA and 9/11, nor did they have WMD that Bush so HUMOROUSLY mocked not finding in that skit he did on stage... OH he's sooooo funny! May he realize the blood of all those soldier's that spilled out of their dying bodies is because of HIM! He is responsible for their deaths because he sent them over to a war that his administration fiddled with the truth about to go ahead and knock off Saddam...

what a coward.

[mjb1411]

The troops dont know it. Its pretty simple. In Iraq the insurgents there shoot at you first. If they capture an american they execute them. If an iraqi disagrees with them they drag them out of the house and torture them. Im sure that the people that this young man was killing may have not been involved in 9/11, but im sure that if he did not kill them they would have killed him. Those people that they decapitated by slowly cutting their necks were not even armed. What do you think these terrorists will do if they do take over that area. Im sure they will be glad to share their oil money with the rest of the people and im absolutely sure they wont use it to build any time of weapons arsenal. What this man is not admitting is that he is scared of being in iraq. Thats all. He doesnt even know what hes talking about and why he deserted. I would have a little bit more respect for him if he did not just take the easy way out and go with whatever civilians who have never been there are saying. I spent 2 years of my life there and was scared for the first few months and the months leading up to it. Those were the scariest times. But you learn the difference of what actually happens over there and what happens over there in the news.

[goldsummer]

I've said it once before and I'll say it again .. one bullet and a sniper in Iraq at the beginning of all this would have saved a lot of lives. But no.. thats not what happened. Now the world has to live with the possibilities of WW3 happening. Fatalistic.. Yes .. A real possibility.
I find it a great shame that people can't accept others for thier faiths and cultures. Perhaps its about time that we all decided as human beings to try making the world a better place by understanding each other. That includes ALL CULTURES. Instead of sitting back and saying "My *** is bigger than yours"

[inventagod]

Yes, Bu$h lied, the troops know it, but not the NeoCons.