I have to put my two cents in because what this woman did drives me up the wall.
She entered what is basically a wartime military, she was well informed that there was a chance that she would be reassigned to a combat area where yes she could be hurt, killed, captured, see terrible things.
She can't use ignorance as an excuse, nor can she use religion as an excuse, when your in the military your first duty is not to yourself, its to your commander in chief, your unit, and your comrades.
If she had problems with what she was doing over there then she could have filed a concienous objector clame which was ammended in 2006.
Basically if she was concerned about what the military was doing over there in terms of the mission or civilian casualties she could file concientious objector status at that point her claims are invesigated and a decision is made in terms of reassignment or and up to administrative seperation from the military. However you have to make a pretty much provable iron clad case because a false claim is looked on harshly.
Quote:
U.S. Army policy for dealing with military personnel who assert a conscientious objection to military combat is set forth in a newly updated Army regulation (pdf).
Criteria for likely approval or rejection of a conscientious objection claim are described. Claims that are insincere or “based on objection to a certain war” will “not be favorably considered.”
The Regulation accepts the reality of conscientious objection with due respect.
“Care must be exercised not to deny the existence of beliefs simply because those beliefs are incompatible with one’s own,” it states.
In any case, “The burden of establishing a claim of conscientious objection as grounds for separation or assignment to noncombatant training and service is on the applicant.”
See “Conscientious Objection,” Army Regulation 600-43, 21 August 2006.
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http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006...ious_obje.html
http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ar600-43.pdf
Basically there is no way that the Military would want her back, she has proven to be untrustworthy and unreliable, but they can't let her go without getting their pound of flesh from her as an example to others.
Oh and to anyone who says, how would she know about the above regs. All she needs to do is approach her unit commander and bring up her problems with her duty, that officer is then obligated investigate her status and her claims.
As for her refugee claims, she has no standing due to the crime that she committed in the U.S. military, its invalid because she didn't pursue the proper steps before she fled.
Anyways that's all I wanted to say.