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US soldiers opposed to war now find Canada less hospitable
Associated Press ^
| Jul 12, 2015 4:18 PM EDT
| Carolyn Thompson
Posted on 07/12/2015 5:01:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:01:30 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Clowns who are afraid to go to war have no business joining the military. War is what they do.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:05:15 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Punish sanctuary cities now! Stop all taxpayer dollars to those joints.)
To: Olog-hai
The country that once welcomed war resisters No. It was an administration (Carter) that welcomed war resisters. Most of us Americans thought they were either very questionable or outright despicable.
To: Olog-hai
For one thing it was about conscription back then. Totally different issue.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:05:42 PM PDT
by
bkepley
To: Olog-hai
Somebody should e-mail this story to Bergdahl.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:06:06 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: Olog-hai
I think a big difference is that fact that Canada was in Iraq, too. Not so with Viet Nam. Why would they offer sanctuary to Americans who didn’t want to go to Iraq, when Canadians were there, too?
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:08:00 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: Olog-hai
GI Bill benefits for a bad conduct discharge?
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:08:07 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Olog-hai; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...
Canada Ping!
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:09:13 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
To: Olog-hai
"But after five years of wrangling with the Canadian immigration system, he came back to the U.S.and ended up in a military prison."Empathy module not responding,
To: Olog-hai; Squawk 8888; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; OttawaFreeper; onyx; MeganC; Sarah Barracuda; ..
"But after five years of wrangling with the Canadian immigration system, he came back to the U.S.and ended up in a military prison. "- Ping!
The Worst of Ours Went North and the Best of Theirs Came South.
Wikipedia - In counter-current to the movement of American draft-dodgers and deserters to Canada, about 30,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in southeast Asia. Among the volunteers were fifty Mohawks from the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal.
When my Father was in the Marines in the Early 70's he said he served with a Marine from Canada.
Semper fidelis
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:11:41 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
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To: 17th Miss Regt; Olog-hai
Canadian policy during the Vietnam War was identical to US policy from 1939-1942; draft evaders were allowed to stay while deserters were extradited on request.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:12:38 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
To: 17th Miss Regt
Yep, that’s how I saw it. If my number had come up, I would have served.
I despised the Left so much in those days. My folks never had to explain it to me. The Left was so anti-American I couldn’t have possibly joined the Democrat party.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:13:45 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
To: Olog-hai
I guess Cuba’s out now too.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:14:44 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
To: Squawk 8888
“Nobodys won, said Hart, a Buffalo native who exhausted his legal options then turned himself in to the Army, was court-martialed for desertion and sentenced to two years in prison.”
In the olden days, deserters would have been shot.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:16:42 PM PDT
by
flaglady47
(The useful idiots always go first)
To: 17th Miss Regt
jimmy carters very first act as President was to forgive and grant amnesty to the Viet Nam war draft dodgers. I never forgave him for that.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:17:26 PM PDT
by
phil1750
(Love like you've never been hurt;Dance like nobody's watching;PRAY like it's your last prayer)
To: Squawk 8888
Canadian policy during the Vietnam War was identical to US policy from 1939-1942; draft evaders were allowed to stay while deserters were extradited on request. Excellent post, big difference of being Drafted vs. signing up for the money.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:26:25 PM PDT
by
hadaclueonce
(It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
To: DoughtyOne
... If my number had come up, I would have served...
My number was under the magic 196 on 12/01/69. They drafted to 195.
Didnt matter because I joined USN 6/68.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:31:29 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
To: Olog-hai
To: Sasparilla
In 1969, I drew at 352.
I didn’t volunteer. I could see what the Left was doing and I knew they’d lose us the war. It seemed to me to be a lost effort and I didn’t want to be a part of it.
God I hated the Left in those days. Today it’s even worse.
I focus a lot of that anger on Jane Fonda. Here, Kerry, and other of their ilk in those days disgust me to the absolute max.
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:38:58 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
07/12/2015 5:44:43 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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