Thursday, July 08, 2004
I saw a special on CBC Newsworld about a story like this, a kid literally escaping from the US. Telling the Canadian border patrol that he's coming into Canada to visit for a few days, not being able to tell his family what he's doing. It was all very secretive and reminded me of the things that citizens had to do in order to defect from communist countries while the Iron Curtain was up. Anyways, this is what i'm talking about:
TORONTO - A pair of U.S. soldiers have applied for refugee status in Canada, arguing the war in Iraq is unconscionable and not worth fighting for.
Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey arrived in Canada separately earlier this year. The two have applied for refugee status, saying if they return to the United States they'll have to serve in Iraq.
Both say they believe the war in Iraq is illegal.
"You assume that it's going to be a good cause and you're going to defend your country," said Hughey. "But in the case of Iraq, it's just not a moral conflict."
"My life isn't that significant, but also it's not so worthless as to be killed or to go kill innocent people," said Hinzman.
The Newsworld special was very interesting and enlightening, as to just how much fear these soldiers have of what punishment they'll face at home.
Follow their story here.
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