- Peace Garden: US troops flee to Canada to avoid service in Iraq

US troops flee to Canada to avoid service in Iraq

Thursday, January 13, 2005

US troops are moving to Canada. That's right, no draft dodging, just dodging a false war.

Pte Brandon Hughey, 19, who deserted from the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, said that he had volunteered because the army offered to pay his college fees. He began training soon after the invasion of Iraq but became disillusioned when no weapons of mass destruction were found. "I had been willing to die to make America safe," he said. "I found out, basically, that they found no weapons of mass destruction and the claim that they made about ties to al-Qaeda was coming up short. It made me angry. I felt our lives as soldiers were being thrown away."

What will W and Rummy do if they call for war and the troops don't show up?



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