Saturday, June 30, 2007

Poor Little Fool

Something needs to be done about recruiters if we can't create a wiser youth.

Twenty-two-year-old James Burmeister, from Oregon, joined the military in 2005 because he was told he'd be going to Iraq to rebuild. Instead, he set booby traps. A victim of irony, James was injured by an Iraqi booby trap. From a hospital in Germany, he fled to Canada with his wife and child. He is now playing in a band and seeking refugee status. What do you suppose the odds are of receiving it?


....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.


Update: He may end up wishing he'd just kept a low profile.


1 comment:

  1. I dunno. I can think of one deserter who has kept a pretty high profile lately (tee ball games and such) whom nobody has bothered to track down.

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