Canada: American Military Deserters Not Welcome
If you've volunteered for service in the U.S. Armed Forces but don't actually want to go to war, don't count on hiding in Canada. The Canadian government’s effort to remove [U.S. Army deserter James Corey] Glass contrasts with the warm reception given to deserters and draft avoiders from the United States during the war in Vietnam. And although the war in ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 13, 2008 09:16
New Generation of American Deserters in Canada
Some Vietnam era American draft dodgers who still live in Canada are now heading up an "underground railroad" of sorts for American deserters, Asharq Al-Awsat reports. When 26 year old Lee Zaslofsky bid his parents farewell as he prepared to flee to an unknown future in Canada, rather then serve in a war he did not believe in, little did he ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 1, 2007 16:16
Darrell Green, Redskin Legend, Being Recruited by GOP
The Virginia Republican Party is trying to lure former Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green to run for political office. Former Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell R. Green is being urged to run for the state Senate from Loudoun County next year by leading Northern Virginia Republicans who hope he can use his fame on the football field to oust newly elected Democrat ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 15, 2006 13:19
New Orleans Police Fire 51 for Desertion
The New Orleans Police Department has fired 51 officers who abandoned their posts prior to Hurricane Katrina and is investigating 240 others. Print Story: New Orleans Police Fire 51 for Desertion (AP) Fifty-one members of the New Orleans Police Department â 45 officers and six civilian employees â were fired Friday for abandoning their posts before or after Hurricane Katrina. "They were ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 28, 2005 21:30
