Jeremy Hinzman, a U.S. Army deserter, has been turned down refugee status in Canada. Desertions are at the highest level since 2001. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Army TimesCanada’s New Leaf -- Newsweek
America's war deserters could always take comfort in Canada. Now, it's the country that's deserting them.
Kimberly Rivera thought joining the Army would solve her problems. Before she enlisted in 2006, she was struggling on her Wal-Mart paycheck while her husband worked odd jobs and tended their two small kids. She knew she'd be sent to Iraq, but she didn't mind. "I thought I was helping my family and helping my country," she says. But her problems only got worse; she and Mario did nothing but fight on the phone, and the war kept eating at her. In January 2007, while she was home on leave in Mesquite, Texas, she and Mario packed up their car and headed for Toronto rather than let her return to Iraq. The old junker barely made it before breaking down.
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My Comment: With Canadians dying in Afghanistan, there is very little appetite for American military deserters .... deserters from a volunteer military .... coming to Canada to make a point.
As far as I am concerned .... they should run off to another country.