Originally posted by OIO
actually this guy has far better moral ground to desert.
From what ive read, he did serve in combat and returned to the US then he deserted before being sent back. In other words, he has a much better point of view than the guy who deserts before he is even sent overseas.
Call him coward or whatever you want. He went overseas once. He has a family. If he dont want to risk his neck after seeing the risks thats his choice in the matter.. and I bet that chances are, had he gone through concientious (sp?) objector he wouldve been turned down and probably jailed... and I dunno about you but if my choices was jail and miss a few years of my kid's life or desert to canada where theres a good chance of receiving asylum and raise his family in canada.... id go north.
This questioning culminated in Jeremy submitting an application to the Army requesting conscientious objector status in August of 2002. Apparently, the Army never received the application, so he resubmitted it on Halloween of 2002. Just over a month later his unit was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
During the deployment, Jeremy was assigned to non combative duties while his application was being processed or transferred from pile to pile. He is now a stellar dishwasher. Eventually the application surfaced and a twenty five minute hearing was held. Jeremy stated that, should he be attacked, he could not always turn the other cheek. Thus, not meeting the Army's criteria for conscientious objector status, his application was denied.
After returning to normal duties with his unit Jeremy was, ironically enough, assigned to be his unit's armorer. In this position, he was responsible for the maintenance, inventory, and administrative aspects regarding his infantry company's weapon systems.
http://www.jeremyhinzman.net/background.htmlStraight from his website...He never saw combat...His application was denied. He's a *****.