Well duh!! But I'm not operating in a war zone? Soldiers can choose to quit as well....once they have fulfilled their obligation.
I understand that some from a non-military background have a difficult time understanding that the military does not (nor should it) mirror regular civilian society. Your lack of understanding does not, however, change the reality. The woman signed up and agreed to do certain things. She also new that by not doing these things, she would commit a criminal act. She chose to break the law.
At the risk of beating a dead horse, my question still stands.
Actually, im ex-military, but thats a nice attempt to deflect attention away. Your example is flawed.
Not the least of which is stop-loss in the USA, which while a flagrant breach of the contract signed (involuntary extension can only occur for the basis of national security in a war. No war has actually been declared in Iraq.
The main problem being of course having the ones you are taking to task for violating the law also being the ones who rule on it.
Its just another sign of how badly American's despise their service personel, the war is important enough to national security to institute stop loss (a law designed for the country being over run) but not important enough for a draft?
American's have alot to be proud of, the way the population hates its service personel isn't one of them.
In the case of the War Deserter, I don't rightly give a fark what the US laws say, or the institution of American Society, or the status of one American Citizen over the status of One small baby Canadian Citizen who should have a mother.
This is no longer about some coward hiding in canuckistan, its about the rights of a baby.
