Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Letter to Sounder Jan 25/09
Not everyone shares the view of the “NEW" NDP about bringing our troops home. Most Canadians are proud of our troops, and our troops don’t want to come home – they know that helping the Afghan people to be free of their TALIBAN TYRANTS is a noble thing to do, and we haven’t had a single deserter, in fact our troops scheme to get into the units that are being sent, so unlike what the NDP would have us believe, they are all volunteers and proud of it.
I like Cliff and I hope he gets to stay in Canada but calling him a "WAR RESISTOR" insults the memory of those many who struggled, were beaten, imprisoned and killed in legitimate War Resistance. War Resistors do not join a military already at war and they don't wait two years taking Uncle Sam's money until they are being sent over before they desert.
I think Cliff made a very stupid choice by VOLUNTARILY joining up and compounded the error by desertion. However, we have all made stupid mistakes in our life and will probably do so again. Refusing to fight in Iraq, which ranks right up there with the stupidity of Vietnam and their Civil War, does not mean he should be deported and put in jail. He has already given up his family and his country and that is not easy to do. Being afraid to die or be maimed is natural. Not being willing to die in a war that has made Iraq worse off than it was, is just plain common sense.
I would feel different if Cliff had deserted because he was being sent to Afghanistan, which is a “just” war as was WWII. He would also have a lot more support if the "NEW" NDP were not using him to spread their propaganda and show Jack Layton what good little followers they are. Being used by the NDP's little blind soldiers is the last thing he needed, and calling him a WAR RESISTOR shows an astonishing amount of miss-trained intellect and a total lack in their grasp of history.
Cliff should be allowed to stay in Canada until Obama pulls the troops out of Iraq and puts them into Afghanistan, which is where they always should have been. I expect that with Obama, Canadian troops as well as a greatly expanded international fighting force will be in Afghanistan until the people there are safe from tyranny. I also suspect that Obama will issue amnesty and call off the hunt for people like Cliff who put survival ahead of stupidity. So wake up Cliff, admit you made a mistake and stop going on with the left-wing whackos that are insulting every one’s intelligence by trying to make you out as some kind of hero. You are just a guy who made a mistake and didn't want to die because of it.
I wouldn't allow them to send me to Iraq either, nor would most of the people on this Island be willing to go.
Ian Lowden
I like Cliff and I hope he gets to stay in Canada but calling him a "WAR RESISTOR" insults the memory of those many who struggled, were beaten, imprisoned and killed in legitimate War Resistance. War Resistors do not join a military already at war and they don't wait two years taking Uncle Sam's money until they are being sent over before they desert.
I think Cliff made a very stupid choice by VOLUNTARILY joining up and compounded the error by desertion. However, we have all made stupid mistakes in our life and will probably do so again. Refusing to fight in Iraq, which ranks right up there with the stupidity of Vietnam and their Civil War, does not mean he should be deported and put in jail. He has already given up his family and his country and that is not easy to do. Being afraid to die or be maimed is natural. Not being willing to die in a war that has made Iraq worse off than it was, is just plain common sense.
I would feel different if Cliff had deserted because he was being sent to Afghanistan, which is a “just” war as was WWII. He would also have a lot more support if the "NEW" NDP were not using him to spread their propaganda and show Jack Layton what good little followers they are. Being used by the NDP's little blind soldiers is the last thing he needed, and calling him a WAR RESISTOR shows an astonishing amount of miss-trained intellect and a total lack in their grasp of history.
Cliff should be allowed to stay in Canada until Obama pulls the troops out of Iraq and puts them into Afghanistan, which is where they always should have been. I expect that with Obama, Canadian troops as well as a greatly expanded international fighting force will be in Afghanistan until the people there are safe from tyranny. I also suspect that Obama will issue amnesty and call off the hunt for people like Cliff who put survival ahead of stupidity. So wake up Cliff, admit you made a mistake and stop going on with the left-wing whackos that are insulting every one’s intelligence by trying to make you out as some kind of hero. You are just a guy who made a mistake and didn't want to die because of it.
I wouldn't allow them to send me to Iraq either, nor would most of the people on this Island be willing to go.
Ian Lowden
