Am I unsympathetic for reading this:

"I signed up to defend people and do humanitarian work," he said in pleading to be allowed to stay in Canada.

And thinking, "Oh, poor you?" I mean, he signed up. It's not like during Vietnam, when people were being drafted against their will. He knew that the National Guard can be deployed overseas, he signed up, he was going to be deployed overseas, and he ran away. Not much sympathy, there. I don't like the war any more than anyone else does, but jeez.