Conscientious, Coward, Or Liberal Tool?

I only offered the third choice because liberal anti-war talking points were used.

A U.S. soldier who deserted his unit to avoid returning to Iraq has applied for asylum in Germany, saying the Iraq war was illegal and that he could not support the “heinous acts” taking place.

Andre Shepherd, 31, who served in Iraq between September 2004 and February 2005 as an Apache helicopter mechanic in the 412th Aviation Support Battalion, has been living in Germany since deserting last year.

“When I read and heard about people being ripped to shreds from machine guns or being blown to bits by the Hellfire missiles I began to feel ashamed about what I was doing,” Shepherd told a Frankfurt news conference Thursday.

When Shepherd first joined the Army, was he unaware of what happens in war? Did he join unware of where he would most probably be serving? Did he join only for the benefits and later became unwilling to keep his end of the bargain?

Shepherd will be made a victim by the left. Let’s see if the new president is willing to pardon all the liberal deserters even though that wasn’t one of the campaign pledges; pledges that are being blown off one-by-one now that he now understands the post-election realities of the world.