The Inside Assyria Discussion Forum #5

=> well, I´ll be jiggered!

Posted by pancho (Moderator) - Friday, September 17 2010, 12:50:25 (UTC)
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...in an article about Canada's treatment of American soldiers who´ve gone there rather than to Iraq, the American government has stated its position on their claims for political asylum by using a familiar argument...

"Scores of American soldiers have deserted in opposition to the war on Iraq — some after deployment, others pre-deployment — and fled to Canada beginning more than six years ago.

None has been successful in seeking asylum in Canada, with bids for refugee status denied on the grounds that they would be prosecuted, not persecuted, if they returned to the U.S."

...get that? Even the American government, as wrong-headed in most things as can be, knows the difference between being prosecuted and being persecuted.

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