AWOL in Canada

Thanks Canada!

yes, thank you canada. its too bad that conscientious people who dont want to murder have to flee their own country and familes. i wonder what obama has to say about these expatriots.

wow canada

i would not want to die or be maimed for immoral reasons. Let bush and cheny along with their friends fight bush sr.'s failed war. not our mothers and fathers sons and daughters.

If you haven't seen it already, watch the movie "Stop Loss". The reason that there is no more protest about this unjust war is that there is no draft. They (big oil) have also taken our minds off of this issue by artificially inflating the price of oil. Focus and vote.

I would object to being expected to fight in a war to maintain oil supplies to keep corporate profits high.

It seems to me that the people who are calling anyone who refuses to fight under those conditions cowardly or unpatriotic are themselves cowardly and unpatriotic. Why don't YOU go fight to keep corporate profits flowing.

This war is all about oil.

On behalf of Canadians everywhere, I would like to say, "You're welcome, America...B.F.F."

HA! Good for Canada! These guys VOLUNTEERED to fight, no one was forcing them to do anything they didn't want to. When you sign up for the military, what do you think your job is?

Once they are deported back to the US, we should kick them out too!

i wish them the best of luck when they do get back in the US. I'm sorry but i can not be upset that these men went AWOL. after seeing so much death due to war , I would want to run too.so many make the mistake of going in the military and they just don't realize what they are getting into.. .. Peace & love to all

The soldiers swore to defend their country however necessary when they signed up. They shouldn't have joined if they weren't ready to perform tasks that they disagreed with.

I believe everyone is responsible for protecting thier own home and no one should be forced to fight to protect someone else. A person should have the right to protect and serve by attraction.

Although they did decide to join the military, i doubt that all of them did so willingly.

If "I was just following orders" is no excuse, that undermines the entire military power structure...although that is exactly the reason I would have a problem joining the military.

Following a much less intelligent or noble human being's orders to do wrong straight to your death is a pretty difficult prospect to accept no matter how much you need the money.

The thing about this is the people were not drafted, they enlisted knowing full well they might get shipped somewhere dangerous. Also I heard that you can say your against taking someones life and you would not have to fight. You might still be out in the field however doing other stuff. But really they signed up for it and knew what they were getting into.

also how is the war illegal at all like the people in the video says?

I could understand if people were being drafted, but since these people willingly signed up, then they should not be allowed to just go to Canada and say "I object". Did they really believe that they were joining the military to "see the world"?

Wait.. these people signed up for the military...

Now lets think about that...

You willfully signed up for the military and then run away..

There's a word for that Coward.

And for the guy citing Nuremberg...

Yes, you don't have to follow orders, IF.. Now this is important because I don't think you quite grasp this.. You don't have to follow orders, IF and only IF they violate international law.

Sounds like these guys deserve to be prosecuted

If a soldier agrees to defend their own country, then that is noble. When a soldier is on the ground fighting genocide and oppression, that is noble. When a soldier is fighting for American oil companies, that is where we should have drawn the line long ago.

It is the job of military personell to obey orders.

It is the job of citizens to see that our military personell are given the right orders to obey.

It is the failure of the leadership that the Iraq war was turned into a pork barrel to fund corporate greed.

It is the failure of the American voters to have elected the officials responsible. It is the failure of the American to have allowed it to happen, it is the failure of the American people to have allowed it to continue. It is the failure of the American that the people who gave the orders that the military had to follow and stolen billions upon billions of dollars and caused thousands upon thousands of deaths are being allowed to get away with it.

It is the failure of the American people to hold the politicians and lobbyists accountable for their actions that is the true disgrace. Even now, the right wing pundits who prodded and goaded every step of the way and caused the death of thousands of American military personell are still on the air raking in huge amounts of money----calling for a return to death and profits----and they are the forefront of the profiteers.

Our military servicepeople are heros. They are the ones who gave up comfort, family, securiy, freedom and often their health, limbs or lives to protect us. And we are the one's who have proven unworthy of THEIR trust.

We should be putting right wing politicians, lobbyists who engaged in bribes, graft and corruption, and the right wing pundits who supported them in jail.

It is the failure of the American people to put the blame where it belongs that is the national disgrace.

Right wing pundits have freedom of speech. So do you. You also have the right to buy any products you want----and the right NOT to buy any products you want. WE are the ones that have allowed this to happen by allowing these people to remain on the media. So long as people buy the products that they are selling, they will remain on the media. Spouting their hate and greed. When the companies that support them cann't sell their products----they will be gone.

Oil companies profit from the war in Iraq by stealing cheap oil from the Iraqi people. And other indiginous people around the world. YOU support the oil companies by buying their oil.

Biofuels do anything that oil can. And we do not need wars, oppression and exploitation to have biofuels. Invest money in companies that will produce and market biofuels. It is the moral thing to do. Get rid of the dependence on oil and coal and you will do all of the earth, all of the creatures on it, including people, a great service. Including yourselves. It is time to regain our respect.