I have only secondhand experience with the issue at hand (I've never been in the military myself) but on the issue of the contract that Key signed, I'm pretty certain the law is crystal clear. The only thing that counts is what's on the page - not what a recruiter might have said (and the idea that anyone enlisting in the last six years could so fully expect not to deploy is difficult to swallow). Just thought I'd chime in on that.
I have mixed thoughts about Private Key, but I have to say I'm very surprised to hear support for shooting him, which would never have entered my mind as within the range of possible punishments for any kind of desertion. BOR, I understand that you have served, and perhaps that gives you a very different perspective from mine on the situation; would you mind clarifying your feelings for me?
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