An American national guardsman who refused to redeploy to Iraq was granted a last-ditch reprieve from deportation July 9 when Canada's Federal Court said he could stay while it decides whether to hear his case. Sgt. Corey Glass, 25, was the first Iraqi war dodger from the U.S. to face imminent deportation from Canada. Glass, who had already left his Toronto apartment and was set to return to the U.S. and possible jail time, was ecstatic.
What more can be said than this coward betrayed his brothers in arms. He was a volunteer in the military and didn't want to fulfill his contractual and moral obligations. If he ever crosses back into the U.S. or applies for aid at any U.S. Embassy he should be arrested on the spot. For the rest of his life he should be denied federal monies for any type of aid. and finally his citizenship should be stripped from him. That or they could do what they used to do and put him up in front of a firing squad. Or is that too harsh a sentence in a time of war?
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I think the firing squad comment was more in the form of a sarcastic question.
Legally though it is a punishment available to the government in a time of war. Not that it has been used in a long long time. The one thing that no one has brought up is the fact that it is not the soldiers place to decide whether the war is just or legal. That was decided by the government almost unanimously. These soldiers have a moral, ethical, and contractual obligation to serve. If they want to run they should be prepared to accept the consequences. Whatever they are.
We are fighting for our nation, a nation of laws. As citizens we have an obligation to the other members of our society. This young man is a coward, plain and simple. He may clock himself that he felt the war is unjust, but that is not his decision once you raise your hand and take to oath. A firing squad would be appropriate if he deserting in combat. In this case a dishonable discharge is the appropriate action to take.
I don't agree with a firing squad, that's barbaric, but he should be general a very long jail sentence, given a dishonorable discharge and treated like a felon in all respects..stripped of all the freedoms and liberties of our country, revoke his right to vote, etc. - just like a criminal - which is what he is. It is despictable that anyone would even see his side. I have two sons serving - willingly I might add - and to see what they go though and to hear about a coward such as this, turns my stomach......he should face his penalties without any pity.
