required reading: the deserter's tale
I spent all day yesterday reading The Deserter's Tale - The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq by Joshua Key with Lawrence Hill. It usually takes me weeks, sometimes months, to read a book, but I simply could not put this one down until I finished it.
The Deserter's Tale is one of the most riveting - and important - books you will ever read. I only wish it could be required reading for every adult American, especially any who still think there's a legitimate reason for the US to occupy Iraq.
The book should certainly be required reading for every Canadian jurist, every member of the Immigration and Refugee Board, and every Member of Parliament who may be asked to decide whether or not to Let Them Stay.
You can read the prologue here.
Buy it, read it, spread the word.
2 comments:
Why not get further educated on the issue? Calling the US Army "volunteer" is like calling breathing optional.
All the AWOL troops in Canada did finish their commitment to the contract they signed. Then the US changed the contract.
If a man signs up for a year tour of duty, and completes it, and then is involuntarily called back for 20 years, despite nothing in any contract he signed saying anything about 20 years, is that voluntary?
If you knew the facts, you wouldn't spout falsehoods like this.
Or who knows, maybe you would.
The links you requested are on my blog at the post where you recently commented.
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