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The car approached a check point and presmably did not stop when ordered: that makes it a clear and present threat.
They are deserting the army, they signed up for a tour of duty and signed on the dotted line knowing that they might be called into a situation like this. Deserters are breaking their contracts with the government and betraying their country during a war, treason is normally punishable by death.
The vietnam conscripts had an excuse, they were drafted. These guys signed up knowing full well what might happen, one of these soldiers admits he was in it for a free ride (just wanted in for an education - military presumably paying his way through uni), to desert is against the rules and so they should be punished.
As for Canada I am sure that they have extradition treaties with the US, they should return the deserters to the US.
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