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Deserter gets 11th-hour stay from deportation

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Deserter gets 11th-hour stay from deportation


Military | 206804 hits | Mar 26 6:01 am | Posted by: Eisensapper
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The first female U.S. soldier who fled to Canada to avoid fighting in Iraq has won more time in her fight to make a home here with her family.

Comments

  1. by roger-roger
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:08 pm
    Kick her the fuck out already!

  2. by ridenrain
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:25 pm
    You weren't drafted and this isn't Vietnam.
    You agreed and signed a contract.

    The US army should simply demand these people pay out their contract instead of time served. Hit them in the pocket book.

  3. by Lemmy
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:32 pm
    "ridenrain" said
    You weren't drafted and this isn't Vietnam.
    You agreed and signed a contract.

    The US army should simply demand these people pay out their contract instead of time served. Hit them in the pocket book.

  4. by roger-roger
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:34 pm
    You can imprison them for 15 months for not following their contract and abandoning their country in a time of war. :evil:

  5. by Lemmy
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:39 pm
    "Eisensapper" said
    You can imprison them for 15 months for not following their contract and abandoning their country in a time of war. :evil:

  6. by avatar Heavy_Metal
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:39 pm
    "So I am very, very excited. I don't have to be handed over to authorities, so it gives me another day to fight."

    aaahhh sooo NOW your a fighter eh....well then there should be no problem sending you into a combat zone eh.

    I hope these people get shunned like lepers back home.

  7. by ridenrain
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:40 pm
    "Lemmy" said
    You weren't drafted and this isn't Vietnam.
    You agreed and signed a contract.

    The US army should simply demand these people pay out their contract instead of time served. Hit them in the pocket book.


    Labour contracts aren't like other types of contracts. You can't force the work from someone if they change their mind. The 13th Ammendment is pretty clear about that.


    I said they should demand to be compensated, not to be forced to work.
    They said they'd serve X years for Y money. They owe the army the remainder of that time and the ammount can be calculated and a bill submitted.

    These gutless wonders can run but they can't hide and the contract they signed can haunt them untill they make good.

    Even better, the army can flogg these off to a collection agency and wash these POS of their hands.

  8. by roger-roger
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:47 pm
    "Lemmy" said
    You can imprison them for 15 months for not following their contract and abandoning their country in a time of war. :evil:


    Yeah, of course, the military needs some different rules, but it seems a little silly to tell a kid that made a mistake that he's going to prison because he regrets his career choice. Hell, I regret a BUNCH of my choices when I was young punk. It's not like he's of any further use to the US military anyway. It'd be kind of like telling a hockey player that blows out his knee that he has to play out the rest of his contract even though he can't skate anymore. But, again, I understand the military-way of thinking about these cases too.
    I have no problem with throwing any young person in jail for making a mistake. Thats how people learn from mistakes and it shows others that they should think what they are doing. Fifteen months is nothing compared to what the military is allowed to do to these people. What I cant get is why Canadians feel they should coddle these people like they are some down trodden mass that is being oppressed.

  9. by Lemmy
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:50 pm
    "ridenrain" said

    I said they should demand to be compensated, not to be forced to work.
    They said they'd serve X years for Y money. They owe the army the remainder of that time and the ammount can be calculated and a bill submitted.


    "ridenrain" said

    These gutless wonders can run but they can't hide and the contract they signed can haunt them untill they make good. Even better, the army can flogg these off to a collection agency and wash these POS of their hands.


    D

  10. by roger-roger
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:52 pm
    I havent heard of single story where any of them are being forced to do multiple tours. All the cases I have heard of are from cowards who signed up to get free schooling or an easy paycheck, but when it came time to go to Iraq they tucked tail.

  11. by avatar canuckns
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:54 pm
    "Eisensapper" said
    What I cant get is why Canadians feel they should coddle these people like they are some down trodden mass that is being oppressed.


    Especially when our guys are fighting and dieing in Afghanistan.

  12. by ridenrain
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:56 pm
    (it's a her, by the way)
    :roll:

    What part of contract don't you get?
    I can assure you the cost of her training is far and beyond the price of the remainder of her term.

  13. by DerbyX
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:59 pm
    "Eisensapper" said
    I havent heard of single story where any of them are being forced to do multiple tours. All the cases I have heard of are from cowards who signed up to get free schooling or an easy paycheck, but when it came time to go to Iraq they tucked tail.


    There is more to it then just that.

    http://wcbstv.com/national/army.deserti ... 69789.html

    I agree that people joining the military should be held accountable unless they can prove they were lied to about what was required of them. There are however plenty of stories of people deserting after already doing a tour.

    There is also the fact of extended tours past deployment dates and the whole stop-loss thing. The US army deserves its lumps for treating its soldiers wrongly also.

  14. by avatar canuckns
    Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:59 pm
    Did anybody actually read the story? First of all the he is a she and secondly
    Rivera, who previously served a tour of duty in Iraq in 2006, left her home in the U.S. and drove to Canada on Feb. 18, 2007.

    She has previously said that the tour caused her to become disillusioned with the American mission there.


    I do not support her and think she should be sent back to the US.



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