Female U.S. war resister faces deportation today

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/09/20/kim-rivera-war-resister-deportation.html?cmp=rss

"The deportation order given to Ms. Rivera is unjust and must be challenged," Tutu wrote earlier this week in a commentary published in the Globe and Mail.
"It's in times when people are swept up in a frenzy of war that it's most important to listen to the quiet voices speaking the truth. Isn't it time we begin to redress the atrocity of this war by honouring those such as Ms. Rivera who had the courage to stand against it at such cost to themselves?"


We werent swept into war on a wave of propaganda.
The Terrorists blew up several buildings in the USA and openly cheered and identified themselves , and then threatenned to do the same for most every western nation in the world. I remember laughing because while they did mention Canada , they had placed Canada as last on the list of nations they were going to attack.

Ms. Rivera was a soldier in times of war , and instead of going off to war she fled. She fled to a country that was going off to the very same war , in fact. Which was kind of foolish since you're not going to find sympathy there.

If you're a peace activist , what are you doing joining the army ? Did you think they'd let you cut and run when the time came for you to do the job they'd spent a wad training you to do ?

I have sympathy for conscript troops. I have no sympathy for volinteers that cut out when the time to fight comes.