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if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Runing North

by Lee

Let’s see how our good friends the Canadians deal with this.

A US soldier is seeking asylum in Canada after attending meetings at a Quaker meeting house which changed his views on violence.

Hinzman is believed to be the first U.S. soldier to seek asylum in Canada because of his opposition to the war in Iraq. Since his arrival, at least one other soldier has joined him, according to a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. report.  . . .

“I don’t want to come off as having no idea as what the Army was about,” he said. “I was just totally ignorant about what it takes to make a person a killer.”

Hinzman said his views about nonviolence did not crystallize until after he arrived at Fort Bragg in August 2001 and began attending meetings at the Quaker House in Fayetteville with his wife, Nga Nguyen, who was born in Laos to Vietnamese parents. He said he has no doubts now, and no regrets. He is not encouraging others to join him, but said of his decision: “I’m confident what I’ve done is the right thing for me.”

Say what you want about this guy, but at least he had the balls to turn himself in and face the consequences of his actions.  This numb nuts up in Canada is going to hide out for the rest of his life.  At least until a Democrat gets back in office and pardons all of them.

His fellow soldiers are better off without him.

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