Posted on 06/28/2004 1:32:01 PM PDT by dandi
Edited on 06/28/2004 1:35:36 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario -- It wasn't the prospect of fighting in a war that drove Brandon Hughey to desert the Army and take refuge in the basement of a Canadian home, Hughey says. It was the prospect of fighting this war.
"From a soldier's perspective, if I was going to fall in combat, I'd want the peace of mind that I was doing it for the right reasons and that it would cause some good," said the 19-year-old, who had been stationed in Fort Hood, Texas.
Hughey is one of three known U.S. soldiers who have fled to Canada. His attorney has applied for refugee status for him.
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Why did he volunteer for ? Jumping jacks ?
He should be worried about getting the Pvt. Slovak treatment.
Don't come back.
sincerely,
BtD
This idiot is a deserter and a traitor. The firing squad is in order here in my opinion.
At what point is a deserter no longer categorized as a soldier? I should think at the moment they desert. Very misleading headline.
BS!!! He's a coward and deserves to be treated as such. He signed up to be a soldier in the US Army - soldiers DON'T pick the wars they fight, they go where they are sent.
Compare this coward to Jessica Lynch and Lori Piestawa (sp?).
This cowardly bast**d is reading the liberal anti-America script word for word. He had better stay in Canada or someone will make him wish he had.
Why not, John Kerry did?
There's a place for such people. They're called "conscientious objectors," NOT "deserters."
Five years is the maximum prison sentence for desertion, according to the Army, though execution is permitted in wartime. One soldier who recently faced trial for deserting his unit in Iraq, Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, was given one year in jail and a bad-conduct discharge.
Hughey said the dishonorable discharge is what he is hoping to avoid.
"It would make it much more difficult to go to school, get a job and live my life," he said.
"Cowardice in the face of the enemy" Simple solution, firing squad.
once a coward always a coward.
At what other time in history would this young man still be LIVING?
Brandon, don't come back.
"It wasn't the prospect of fighting in a war that drove Brandon Hughey to desert... It was the prospect of fighting this war."
That's what all cowards say. Drag him back to the US. It's firing squad time.
What an ass... he probably thinks that brown people are undeserving of freedom. Racist liberals!
Does anyone remember the groups that would "kidnap" people from cults in the 70s and 80s? Hmmmmm.
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