Military Desertion In The Vietnam Era-To Iraq & Afghanistan:

June 14-2005:

Military Desertion In The Vietnam Era-To Iraq & Afghanistan:


Thousands of military personnel have deserted before and after the Vietnam War. Most of these persons have sought asylum in Canada. Currently thousands more have fled there since the war on terror, Afghanistan & Iraq begun.

The Canadian government is very concerned about the humongous influx of illegal Americans on it's shores, and has made it publicly known that they will not tolerate, encourage, make legal, or harbor any deserters in their country.

But on the other hand, Canada has to thread a very thin line with her neighbor, and partner in the War On Terror currently. Most of these deserters can never return home to the USA, because they will be arrested, Court-Marshalled, and imprisoned for desertion. So they have to permanently remain in Canada, regardless of whether the Canadian government gives them legal residence status or not. And they cannot be repatriated because no such agreement with the USA is in place.


So we talk about illegal Mexicans who are coming here mostly illegally, seeking honest employment to feed their families, and are willing to take the risks involved to remain here. And yet Americans are prone to refer to these illegals as CRIMINALS. Well, if these Mexicans who came here to seek honest work, broke no local laws, and is willing to assimilate legally into this culture. They must be given the opportunity to do so legally.

Unlike their American born counterparts, who has cowardly deserted their military posts, because they cannot take the HEAT, are too SCARED, and are not in step with their Commander In Chief's Political Agenda. Yet no one is talking about these desertions, much less about punishing them for their desertion!

Should The National Guard also take up vigilance along the Canadian border to prevent any further desertions?

Should the Canadian government deport those deserters back to American shores?

Or should these military deserters be arrested and handed over to the US military authorities?


I Report-You Decide!


Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.