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Originally posted by kipperfan+Sep 25 2004, 09:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kipperfan @ Sep 25 2004, 09:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Mean Mr. Mustard@Sep 25 2004, 09:19 PM
How are these people heros or courageous? They saw trouble and they ran. What an insult to the true heros who served in the army, navy and air force to consider these cowards heros.
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If you believe trouble was really coming maybe. I wont condone the actions of all of these people, iam sure many had unjust motives, but to not want to fight in THAT wari understand.
If Canada started a war tommorow with Bulgaria, and conscription came into effect, Id run, wherever I had to, because standing up for what you believe in sometimes has to be done by simple running. That Vietnam was riduclous from the beginning, and thats why people fled, why would you go fight someone elses war?? I wouldnt, Id kill myself first. Its about self respect and dignity, and it doesnt matter if people call you a traitor, cause you know that that war was garbage, nothing more than a political jab fest between cold war nations, something that has nothing to do with you, your family, or their safety, why would they fight????? I ashamed at those who did, THEY are the real cowards, knowing what they where doing was wrong, but doing it anyway, because their country told them to. Thats sick.
Congrats to you who escaped to a better life, and huge thanks to those Canadians who helped these open-eyed Americans find hospitality in a rocky time. [/b][/quote]
There is not respect from me from those that ran. If they truly believed in making a political stand, then stand up and be counted, face the consequences, don't run to Canada.
Like I mentioned before, there were people that didn't believe but went anyways, those are the ones that I salute. There were people that didn't believe but willingly faced judges to get there point accross, those people were brave and willing to accept the consequences
Even John Kerry, a man that I personally don't like all of that much went even though he didn't believe in the war effort.
These deserters in my mind are cowards. They stood for nothing except saving thier own a$$es. Oh and slipping across our borders so they could smoke dope, and drink our beer.