Canada is no longer a haven for military deserters, reports the Associated Press. Deserters are being sent back to the States to face trial and imprisonment.
The Canadian change in policy makes absolute sense. Where formerly Canada was a place for those choosing not to be drafted to be soldiers, now there is no draft to escape.
Today's deserter is a military volunteer who changed his or her mind. Presumably he or she wanted a military career that didn't include going to war, or at least a particular war the individual finds offensive.
Contract law suggests both parties were willing participants. The enlistee agreed to go where sent, often into harm's way - where the military earns its pay.
Unwilling to go in harm's way? Don't enlist or reenlist. End of story.
