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Canada tells the 1st female US Iraq war deserter to get the fuck out

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I'm not wearing any pants!!
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/562982

The first female U.S. Iraq war resister to seek refuge in Canada has been ordered to leave the country before the end of the month or face deportation.

Kimberley Rivera, who served in Iraq in 2006 and fled to Canada in 2007 after refusing redeployment, was told this morning she has until Jan. 27 to return to the U.S., said Michelle Rubidoux of the War Resisters Support Campaign.

"It's ridiculous," said Rubidoux, who accompanied Rivera to her hearing at the Greater Toronto Enforcement Centre on Airport Road.

The decision will force Rivera to uproot her family – her husband Mario and their three children, including their newborn daughter, six-week-old Katie – from their Toronto home. In the U.S., she would also face jail, as desertion is considered a felony.

"Coming to Canada began a new chapter filled with opportunities and hope for my family," Rivera said in a statement released before this morning's decision. "I am just glad I get to be a mom again."

Lee Zaslofsky, a spokesperson for the war resisters group, criticized the government's track record of deporting Iraq war resisters.

"During the last election campaign, Prime Minister Stephen Harper acknowledged the Iraq war was 'absolutely an error'," Zaslofsky said in a statement.

"He should support the troops who came to the same conclusion, rather than sending them and their families back to the U.S. to be punished."

Roughly 200 American war resisters are believed to be living in Canada at this time. A handful have been ordered to leave, and await court rulings to determine whether they can appeal the orders.
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Oof. Nature was not kind to that family.
 
There is no draft. If you have problems with the war, have some honor and stand up and say it*. Don't fuckin sneak off to Canada.



*Watada still has yet to be convicted.
 
They should shoot Watada.

They should ship Rivera back to Iraq to be a "comfort woman" for the Iraqi Army. :bergman: :ramen:
 
Hmm.

Upon reviewing the case, I may be forced to agree with you. But I still don't fucking like or respect the man. A First Lieutenant may get to decide that firebombing a village and shooting any women or children that try to escape is an illegal order, but whether or not a war is justified is above his fucking pay-grade.

And he wound up betraying his troops by abandoning them. You get called on to go into harm's way, you suck it up and do it. I could've weaseled out of going to Iraq and it would've been perfectly legal for me to do so. At the time I was under no obligation and could've resigned my commission. But it would've been abandoning my Marines so I went.
 
Volpone said:
Hmm.

Upon reviewing the case, I may be forced to agree with you. But I still don't fucking like or respect the man. A First Lieutenant may get to decide that firebombing a village and shooting any women or children that try to escape is an illegal order, but whether or not a war is justified is above his fucking pay-grade.

And he wound up betraying his troops by abandoning them. You get called on to go into harm's way, you suck it up and do it. I could've weaseled out of going to Iraq and it would've been perfectly legal for me to do so. At the time I was under no obligation and could've resigned my commission. But it would've been abandoning my Marines so I went.
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Baby Killer!!!!
 
Volpone said:
Hmm.

Upon reviewing the case, I may be forced to agree with you. But I still don't fucking like or respect the man. A First Lieutenant may get to decide that firebombing a village and shooting any women or children that try to escape is an illegal order, but whether or not a war is justified is above his fucking pay-grade.

And he wound up betraying his troops by abandoning them. You get called on to go into harm's way, you suck it up and do it. I could've weaseled out of going to Iraq and it would've been perfectly legal for me to do so. At the time I was under no obligation and could've resigned my commission. But it would've been abandoning my Marines so I went.
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1. I agree he's a shitbag. But he's a step up from a deserter.

2. As much as I disagree with his decision I think it is important that he demonstrated quite clearly that every order must be examined by a soldier. That you don't check your brain/morals at the door when you sign up. It is this kind of thinking (same kind that says Command > Control) that makes us the greatest military in the world.
 
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