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Originally Posted by Medusa99
While I'm choosing not to condemn/applaud these men's decisions, I would like to bring something up. If a soldier is more focused on the fact that the was sucks (and what war doesnt?), and he misses his family/kids/wife/whatever, he's not going to be able to focus on the mission he has set out to do. And that lack of focus could very likely get him or his buddies killed. Perhaps it is better to have these people out of the conflict, whether fleeing to another country or being court martialed.
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well now, ya see, the problem is, if he had been upfronit and said, I dont have the stomach for this, I can't do it... he would have been digging latrines and washing dishes for the remainder of his service... why the heck would he want to do that when he can just.... you guessed it.... run to canada!