....and the idiots who march lockstep behind them!
Recently, in a news story broke by The Christian Science Monitor reporter Rondi Adamson, Canada has decided to grant temporary refugee status on Army Privates Jeremy Hinzman (25) & Brandon Hughley (19) who fled to Canada after being informed that their units would be begining the process of deployment for action in ongoing operations in Iraq/Afghanistan. Out of 1.5 million Americans currently serving, to date only these two cowards decided to run for the hills....although they have become the darlings of the hyper-left here and the sizeable anti-Americanism in Canada. The two explain that they consider the current actions in Iraq to be illegal (gee did they miss the footnotes bout not needing a formal declaration of war with a said country if there is only a cease-fire agreement in place?) Both men have applied for asylum in Canada which by law can only be granted if said person can prove they'll be killed or persecuted in their homeland.....not prosecuted....and knowing Canadas fine legal and goverment system which is known for speedy judgements..lol...it can take up to five years for a decision to be made...all the while the two would be eligable for financial support from the Canadian goverment pending the outcome.
Since the two cowards, traitors, useless sacks of..well you know...(your choice) fled to Canada....with Hizman living in Toronto and Hughley in St. Catherines have made the anti-american, anti-war circuit in are so 'friendly' neighbor to the north eventually being part of several CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp)shows ....the CBC is notoriously known for its biased 'objectivity' regarding reporting on the United States, has nearly been orgasmic with glee over the problems in Iraq...to which they aired promos during the said shows stating, "For more than 200 years, Americans have been escaping war and strife in the US by heading North," & "They came during the War of Independence, they came during the Civil War, the Vietnam War, ...and now there's that other war in Iraq. It's only a trickle, but it's starting to happen again."......A trickle? So 2 individuals are now considered a trickle?
In effect the two deserters have had kid gloves and almost unserious questions from the media they allow to interview them...
As per usual of the Useful Idiots crowd, Susan Sarandon (Internationally known military analyst and geo-political know it all...lol) has a personal letter of support on Hizman's web site (opps...did i forget to inform you that both deserters have web sites up and running for donations and letter writing campaigns..not to mention high priced PR firms) stating that "In times of war there have always been soldiers who have drawn the line, and have refused to follow orders they feel in their hearts to be immoral." Well golly! aint that called a conscientious objector? Not exactly the definition of a deserter...or deserters as is the case! On Hughey's site..he promises us all good karma if we contact our representatives here and in Canada on his behalf!
Some of the extreme news reports from various 'legitimate' papers/networks in the Great White North have said the two had "escaped" from the US after being "lured" into military service. Do I laugh now or wait a few seconds? They have even been compared to the slaves traveling via the underground railroad? Lord knows the US still has a draft...opps sorry we have an all-Volunteer force ...go figure.....as to the underground railroad comparison..lol...lets see...voluntary enlistment compared to people who were bought and sold? Yeah that makes sense...lol
Both are being represented, free of charge, by Jeffry House, a former American draft dodger who fled to Canada with between 30,000 - 60,000 others during Vietnam. Their excuses are as lame as their backbone....Hinzman joined up in Jan. 01 and .."was amazed that he was being trained to kill" (Wow...to think one might be trained to kill in the military...when everyone knows they train in needle point!) As for Hughey, he joined up after 9/11 and knew full well the nation and military were on a war footing....but maybe he was just naive. To post a line from Hughey's site, "Picture being 1,500 miles from everything and everyone you know." Now for a bit of paraphrasing from Rondi Adamson....Picture being 7,000 miles from everything and everyone you know, in unthinkable conditions, under fire, doing the duty you signed on for, while former comrades who ran away from duty update their websites in Canada!
In the end...much has been made of the fact that many currently serving with Honor in our military signed up as a way to obtain money for college did not run as these two did...but instead agreed to do the job asked of them when they enlisted in the first place instead of heading for the hills as Hinzman and Hughey did....one final point...Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia turned himself in to US military authorities for refusing to be deployed again to Iraq...he will undoubtably be tried before a court martial for his stance but at least he had the will of his convictions to stand and face the music as it were ....not something the two in Canada did let alone even ponder and for that main reason..I have some respect for Mejia while there will never be any respect but only disgust for Hughey and Hinzman.