[2ndDivisionVet]

How ridiculous.

[pepsionice]

I should bring up the story of the American Army guy....sitting in Bavaria (Germany) today....requesting asylum because he didn’t want to deploy with his unit to Iraq.

The episode unfolded six years ago, and he’s been in a refugee center there for the entire time. Back in the 1970s, German law would have allowed him the privilege to claim asylum. They changed it in the 1990s...so if a soldier tried to make the request...he had to be in a drafted position (not a volunteer position).

He’s used various methods to keep extending his claim to asylum in Germany, but they turn down each episode. Supposed to be another review board here in the spring for him (in Bavaria), and I think they will finally put him on the plane (forced back to the US).

[This_far]

A string of shootings of black men by U.S. police over the past 18 months have led to widespread protests and the issue has fueled a civil rights movement under the name Black Lives Matter.

Said string theory doesn't include the "holiday shopping" perpetrated by non survivors or interested onlookers across the country.

[Jarhead9297]

Sounds more like he is escaping arrest

[Greg123456]

I wish they would have allowed him to stay. We have enough goofballs in the USA already.

[wjcsux]

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