By BJ
I know I said a couple of days ago that I would have voted to deport American deserters like Corey Glass from Canada. If anything would change my mind on that, it wouldn't be his own argument, since I already agree with most of it and sympathize with him. Instead, it would be listening to pundits like Jonathan Kay explain why deporting Glass such a great idea:
Moreover, from a purely political standpoint, giving asylum to the likes of Glass would send a terrible message. It would undermine America's war effort in Iraq - even as Canadian and American soldiers fight side by side on another front in the war on terror, Afghanistan.Given this shared enterprise, does Canada really want to cast itself as the protector of fair-weather American soldiers fleeing their duty?
[Emp. added]
As I said previously, by running to Canada, Glass and his compatriots will be portrayed as little better than cowards whose objections can be ignored as mere rationalizations for their cowardice. Kay doesn�t disappoint.
The �purely political standpoint� is about all many Conservatives care about, and it isn�t about undermining the war effort, it�s about avoiding causing embarrassment for the Bush administration. You want to know what undermines America�s war effort in Iraq? Try the fact that Bush and his cronies lied through their teeth to justify the invasion.
And why keep tying the Iraq War to the Afghan mission? There is no surer way to increase Canadian�s opposition to the mission in Afghanistan than making it part of the highly unpopular Bush venture in Iraq. It�s like these guys want us to pull out.
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