It was probably difficult adjusting to having a detatched head...
Posted on 09/07/2006 5:01:30 AM PDT by leadpenny
Darrell Anderson, the young Lexington soldier who deserted to Canada last year after being wounded in Iraq, wants to come home.
Anderson, now 24, has been an outspoken critic of U.S. policy in Iraq while living in Canada, appearing at peace rallies and attacking the Bush administration in interviews with international publications. Earlier this year, he married a Canadian woman, which his mother said should guarantee him permanent residency in Canada.
But Lexington's Anita Anderson confirmed that her son now wants to return to the United States sometime within the next few weeks. He could be arrested as soon as he crosses the border, she said. If not, he plans to travel to Kentucky, turn himself in at Fort Knox, and face whatever punishment the Army imposes, she said.
A number of peace groups and activists -- possibly including Cindy Sheehan -- will meet him when he crosses the U.S. border, she said. She said she expects considerable press coverage.
Darrell Anderson was on a trip to northern Canada yesterday and unavailable for comment.
But Anita Anderson said she has urged him to stay in Canada.
"I've tried to talk him out of coming back, because he's probably going to get sponsorship in Canada now that he is married to a Canadian girl," she said. "But he's constantly stressed out and worried, and he feels like he can't live out the rest of his life this way."
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Bookmarked.
Apparently Canada is WORSE than military prison!!! WOW!
Looks like he's beginning to recognize the gravity of his actions...
Oh how nice...he is homesick....he needs to rot up in Canada.
He'll probably get better healthcare in the U.S. military prison than he would from the Canadian national health service.
Military Tribunal........... Desertion!
Jerk! I can understand coming back to face the consequences ... but aligning with Cindy Sheehan means he's not worthy of US citizenship.
He's free to do so.
I always thought that in times of war, deserters were shot.
So much for the good ol' days.
Ideally he'll spend years in Leavenworth making little rocks out of big ones. In fact, he'll probably get a dishonorable discharge and little or no prison time
We'd have run out of bullets during Vietnam.
I don't believe anyone has been executed for desertion since WWII.
What way is that? The way of the weasel? Fug 'em. That's the path he chose.
But his other mother, Sheehan, wants him here in the states to be a martyr to her cause.
Winter is coming wiseguy.
I'll think about you while I play a few rounds of golf under the palm trees in Phoenix.
You made your choice. Now suck it up and learn to love that snow shovel.
Cindy Sheehan showing up will bring out the media...would be better if no one came and they didn't get publicity...
It was probably difficult adjusting to having a detatched head...
Screw him!
Tough toenails, we don't want him.
We are crazy if we let this guy in .....he's solely doing it for the media attention.
Don't let him get away with this!!!!!!!
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