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Army deserter wants to return to U.S., mother says
Lexington Herald-Leader ^ | 7 Sep 06 | Jim Warren

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at kentucky.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: anderson; cindysheehan; darrellanderson; deserter; sheehan
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To: leadpenny

Guess he has no hope of Jimmy Carter ever getting re-elected. LOL.


41 posted on 09/07/2006 6:26:26 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: leadpenny
fwiw...http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1857416,00.html

At a picnic for resisters in Fort Erie, Canada, Anderson lies with his head in his wife's lap
and his mother sitting alongside him. He is wearing a T-shirt saying AWOL and a broad
smile, even though he joined the military in the first place to give himself more options and
now he finds himself more trapped than he ever was. His claim for refugee status was denied
and he thinks it will be just a few months before he gets his deportation papers. His wife is
Canadian, so that might help. The US border is just five minutes' drive away but he can't go
back. He says that doesn't bother him. "All those rich people in my country sent me to die
for oil and my education," he says. "I don't feel like I want to go back right now. Maybe if
things change."

42 posted on 09/07/2006 6:27:25 AM PDT by kanawa
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To: leadpenny
We'd have run out of bullets during Vietnam.
BS. Yeah, some deserted, but you're probably thinking of the cowardly draft dodgers who ran to Canada.
And never forget it was Jimmy Carter who let the scumbags back in.
43 posted on 09/07/2006 6:31:56 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: ChadGore
*MY* tax dollar that gives him free health care for life.

Not to sound picky, but you only get free health care "for life" if you stay in the full 20 years and retire.
If you get out before the full 20 (or flee to Canada with your tail between your legs like this whelp) then you lose that "free" health care.
But I get your point anyway.

44 posted on 09/07/2006 6:33:21 AM PDT by cuz_it_aint_their_money
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
He'll probably get better healthcare in the U.S. military prison than he would from the Canadian national health service.

You are right, unfortunately. They get the best health care money can buy.

45 posted on 09/07/2006 6:33:41 AM PDT by Mark17
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To: oh8eleven

Read on in the thread "BS" guy.


46 posted on 09/07/2006 6:36:47 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny
Strangely enough the Viet Nam war was not officially a "war" It was a conflict. War was not officially declared on North Viet Nam as it has not been officially declared on a government in this War On Terror. Sadly this guy will probably get a dishonorable discharge and become a member of the new branch of the Cindy Sheehan Winter Soldiers.
47 posted on 09/07/2006 6:41:22 AM PDT by reagandemo (The battle is near are you ready for the sacrifice?)
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To: leadpenny

People in Hell want ice water.


48 posted on 09/07/2006 6:42:38 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: oh8eleven

And, no, I wasn't thinking draft evaders. Draft evaders were not deserters. Get your terms straight.


49 posted on 09/07/2006 6:43:46 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: John D

He should have gotten the Private Slovik treatment.


50 posted on 09/07/2006 6:43:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: avacado

Hey Darrell! Drop the ID card, buttmunch ... you were a Soldier, once ... now you're just POS.


51 posted on 09/07/2006 6:45:05 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: leadpenny

Thanks for the link. I think we have an apples and potatos comparison between Nam and Iraq. As the article notes, there were 2.7 million military in Nam - 33 thousand deserters at the peak are pretty much a drop in the bucket.

Nonetheless, your point is well made with regard to the specifics.


52 posted on 09/07/2006 6:46:23 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: leadpenny
"He feels that if he does jail time, he deserves it because he shouldn't have shot innocent people."

We should give him what he deserves. Such a sweetie might have a good time in Leavenworth.

53 posted on 09/07/2006 6:48:49 AM PDT by JoeGar
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To: sandbar

It's a wierd beard .... most bearded guys I know (self included) have a moustache as well. He shaves his upper lip.


54 posted on 09/07/2006 6:48:56 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: reagandemo

"It was a conflict."

It was a war when I was there. LBJ's war.


55 posted on 09/07/2006 6:51:53 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny
He could be arrested as soon as he crosses the border,

Could be? As soon as they run this guy in the system at primary he'll be nabbed. Especially now that mama has highlighted his desire to return and has put all our border officers on notice to watch for him. :-)

56 posted on 09/07/2006 6:52:00 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: leadpenny

Being a coward is bad enough - but that hair-do he sports is really criminal!!


57 posted on 09/07/2006 6:58:11 AM PDT by LADY J
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To: sandbar

Trust me on this one: Having a beard doesn't make you a muslim. Promise.


58 posted on 09/07/2006 7:09:27 AM PDT by Melas (Offending stupid people since 1963)
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To: leadpenny
Your comment "We'd have run out of bullets during Vietnam" could have come straight out of the Leftist Handbook. It's derogatory, insulting and only adds to the negative stereotyping of Vietnam Veterans.

That you claim to be one means nothing. I'm one too and you've obviously forgotten you and I have bumped heads before when I had to once again defend the name "Vietnam Veteran." You were too dense to understand that someone else was insulting you and all 'Nam vets.

I suggest you change your screen name to "leadbrain."
59 posted on 09/07/2006 7:15:38 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: JoeGar

"He feels that if he does jail time, he deserves it because he shouldn't have shot innocent people."

My nephew, who leaves for Iraq very soon, joined the Army over a year ago and knew that he would be going to the Middle East at some point. Why do people join the military if they don't want to fight for their country? That drives me crazy!!!


60 posted on 09/07/2006 7:18:30 AM PDT by 007girl
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