I as a Proud Canadian cannot understand WHY our Honourable Judges cannot see the most important words in this case.
Canadian court sides with Iraq War deserter
OTTAWA -- A Canadian court has sided for the first time with a military deserter who fled to Canada seeking refugee status, ruling Friday that the U.S. soldier witnessed enough human rights abuses during a stint in Iraq that he could qualify for asylum.
The decision also marked the first time that the Federal Court, which has heard a handful of cases involving deserters, concluded that military action against civilians in Iraq violates the 1949 Geneva Convention, an international prohibition against humiliating and degrading treatment.
Federal Court Justice Richard Barnes ordered the Immigration and Refugee Board to reconsider the failed refugee claim of Joshua Key, a soldier who entered Canada with his wife, Brandi, and their small children in March 2005.
Key, 30, an army private, deserted during a two-week break from serving as a combat engineer in Iraq, where he spent eight months in 2003 and says he was involved in military-condoned home invasions against civilians.
This so called patriotic soldier has totally disregarded the Oath that he took VOLUNTARILY on behalf of his country. First and foremost he is a DESERTER from an allied army. Therefore he should be arrested by the Military Police / RCMP and shipped back to face his military peers in a military court. In my personal opinion this man and others of his Ilk have run to Canada as we have always been considered a soft touch. Canada and Canadians welcome with open arms refugees fleeing in the face of peril within their own country. However this man is a DESERTER, enjoying the peaceful life here in Canada NOT in Custody. While Canadians who took a similar oath to their country are serving in Iraq,Afghanistan the Sudan with head held high.
DEPORT this DESERTER ASAP and others with their unsubstantiated claims, of personal abuse. The USA has an excellent court system.
Please show your support for our troops and their families.
Nil Sine Labore
Robby
