Posted AT 7:51 PM EST on 06/07/08
U.S. deserter's claim: A threshold set too low
Letting U.S. army deserters make refugee claims in Canada because they object to counterinsurgency tactics in Iraq sets the bar too low. Nothing in the precedents cited by the Federal Court of Canada on Friday remotely resembles the case brought by Joshua Key of the United States. There is a reason for that: A soldier ordered to roust people from their homes is not one of the world's persecuted. Also, refugees are those with no recourse to a fair hearing inside their own country.
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