Originally Posted by munchen

I personally have never been in a situation like that but I don't think you ever really know what you are signing up for. Thinking you are going to fight for your country is one thing, but actually being in the midst of a war and being forced to kill innocent civillians is another. If this war was actually neccessary I would be against desserting, like in a world war. I feel this is a stupid war and anyone who has the guts to stand up and stop killing people meaninglessly is welcome in my country.

Also he was only 22 when he joined the army. Someone that young is still getting to know the world, you can't expect him to have everything figured out and he may have not known what he was getting into. He signed up yes, but he didn't know what it would be like over there, nobody did. He may have thought it was a worthy cause, which is in debate, and his views have changed. There has been alot of questionable action being taken over there and not taking part in some of that is okay with me. Its hard to judge someone in this situation without knowing all the facts about him, or having been in his situation. The fact that there are many others trying to escape should say something in itself about the war. Personally I support anyone who wants to stop fighting this "war on terrorism"