What a week!! One young soldier laid to rest in Stellarton, Cpl Kevin Megeney. Our sympathies to his family and friends.
In PEI a father of yet another young soldier, M/Cpl Robbie Fraser. His dad is requesting the military to re-consider the charges laid against him after a fatal discharge of his weapon in Afghanistan, fatally wounded a fellow soldier. It has taken the SIU of the Military Police a long time to lay charges and the widow of the deceased also wants charges to be dropped. .
Many sad things happen in areas of conflict, unfortunately only the trrops in the area know exactly what happened in these incidents.
Also this week the CBC interviewed an American Army Deserter who is seeking Refugee status in Canada. This should not be condoned as he is a serving member of an allied military unit. Apparently there are upwards of five thousand deserters in Canada, with 30 applications for refugee status. I feel that the Canadian Military Police or RCMP should arrest these servicemen and send them back to the US Military, they have not been drafted they are volunteers therefore they chose the US Military as a career. Unlike the draftees of the Vietnam era who had no choice but to report for duty, now they have the same choice as Canada,UK, to join or not to join.
Thats it for this weekend I look forward to your comments on any subject that you feel strongly about.
Nil Sine Labore
Robby
