Sheehan's 24-year-old son was killed five days after he began serving in Iraq in 2004.
Before her son left, he told Sheehan he disagreed with the war and with the president's decision to send troops.
How do we know this? Because his anti-war activist mom says so. But none in the media ever asked her to explain, if that's true, why did Casey reenlist and volunteer to go to Iraq? Not only that, why did he, while just a mechanic, volunteer to go on the combat mission that resulted in his death? See here.
The report also contains this comment.
It's estimated 40,000 to 60,000 U.S. draft dodgers fled to Canada during the Vietnam War.
Let's put that in perspective. The Vietnam war lasted 10 years, during which the draft was in effect and was hugely unpopular thanks to the lies of the left wing media and John Kerry.
Today we have an all volunteer force, are at war and yet the desertion rate is a fraction of the military force.
The desertion rate was much higher during the Vietnam era. The Army saw a high of 33,094 deserters in 1971 — 3.4% of the Army force. But there was a draft and the active-duty force was 2.7 million.
Desertions in 2005 represent 0.24% of the 1.4 million U.S. forces.
Even then, most return to duty without coercion.
Most deserters return within months, without coercion. Commander Randy Lescault, spokesman for the Naval Personnel Command, says that between 2001 and 2005, 58% of Navy deserters walked back in.
In fact, the number of desertions has fallen dramatically since 9/11 and post Iraq invasion.
Just a few inconvenient facts this Canadian report leaves out.
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