(CNN) -- A U.S. soldier who deserted to Canada will not face persecution if he returns to the United States, Canada's refugee agency ruled Wednesday.
National Guard Sgt. Corey Glass, 25, says he fled to Toronto in 2006 after serving in Iraq because he did not want to fight in a war he did not support.
"What I saw in Iraq convinced me that the war is illegal and immoral. I could not in good conscience continue to take part in it," Glass said Wednesday. "I don't think it's fair that I should be punished for doing what I felt morally obligated to do."
Glass, who's still on active duty and is considered absent without leave, applied for refugee status at the Canadian border in August 2006 on the grounds of objection to military service.
But Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board denied his application for refugee status Wednesday, prompting the Canadian Border Services Agency to issue a June 12 deportation order.
Welcome home, asshat! And hopefully you'll get to at least one year of hard time for every month you were in Canada to think about the ones who did go and the guy they had to send to replace you.
But you won't think about them, you selfish bastard. You'll whine and cry about how you are being mistreated.
I don't care, so long as you are behind bars.
VW
Good to see the Vanadians do the right thing on this. I agree with your sentiments completely.
Posted by: Flag Gazer | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 22:29
I read somewhere that the Canadian Armed Forces had a hand in this. At least the Forces understood and made the point. Desertion is a serious offence, especially in time of war. So the young cry baby will have accomodations waiting just a few hours from where I live, US Correctional Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. And summer is coming. Red Hot Kansas Sun!!!!!!!!!!!
No sympathy at all for this little whiner. But I can tell him where to find it. In the dictionary, between SH** and SYPHILLIS.
Posted by: GM CASSEL AMH1(AW) USN RET | Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 05:24
Just another who fell victim to the nasty recruiters lies. He joined for the benefits, free food, free clothing, free housing, free medical, money signing up. The recruiters never said anything about having to fire a weapon or going into a war zone. What kind of military did he think he was joining?
Posted by: WMD_Maker | Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 07:15
Gee, I wonder what the reasoning was for his determination that the war was illegal?
He's a coward.
Posted by: BobF | Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 19:22