Showing posts with label Iraq Deserters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq Deserters. Show all posts

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.