However, not pardoning them would have greatly weakened the future Left in this country ... which would have been better for us than pardoning them.
I’ve heard a few still live in Canada and are now citizens.
That’s a fact.
Agree
I suppose so, but the ones who returned don't seem to have become leaders, more like just foot soldiers for the left. Some of those who remained in Canada may have had more of an influence there.
A pardon was going to happen the next time a Democrat was elected president. It's not well known now, but Gerald Ford had worked out an amnesty plan for returning draft evaders. It required them to perform community service before receiving a pardon.