I liked this bit (sorry, conservatives, I realize this background material is ABSOLUTELY predictable, but I still enjoy the humor in it):
He told the National Post last year that he joined up with “a bunch of hippies” and crossed the border into Canada.
A bunch of hippies you say? Well.
After fathering a child with a Canadian woman, he left for Nelson, a small city in the B.C. Interior that has long been regarded as a sanctuary for U.S. draft dodgers and deserters.
And this part:
Mr. Long had just applied for welfare when he was first detained in Nelson last year. A local police officer stopped him in a local park; Mr. Long was standing with a group of men who had been smoking marijuana.
Gosh war deserter liberals are hard to spot in a crowd of smelly welfare hippies smoking pot with the pregnant women they used as refugee bait.
U.S. war deserter loses last bid to stay in Canada
VANCOUVER—A federal court judge has ordered the removal of a U.S. Army deserter from Canada, a decision that signals this country is no longer a safe haven for American soldiers who decide to evade military service at home and abroad.
Should he be deported Tuesday as ordered, Robin Long, 25, becomes the first U.S. deserter to be removed from Canada since the U.S.-led war in Iraq began five years ago. Several other U.S. deserters have sought refuge in Canada and while some have lost their court appeals, they remain in this country, pending further deportation procedures.
Madame Justice Anne Mactavish of the Federal Court of Canada heard legal arguments in a Vancouver courtroom Monday morning before deciding that Mr. Long must return to the United States, where he could face prosecution by military authorities. He could also be deployed to Iraq and put into a conflict he decided, too late, he would rather avoid.
His case for avoiding deportation hinged on whether he faced “irreparable harm” should he be returned to the United States because of the high profile of his case.
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