Following reports that over 5,000 US soldiers have gone AWOL since the beginning of the Iraq War, Forum examines the legal and ethical issues surrounding military desertion in past and current conflicts.
Guests:
Jeffrey House, lawyer representing several US deserters in Canada, moved to Canada to avoid the Vietnam draft
Colonel Mike Turner, retired colonel, US Air Force, former Joint Staff Policy Planner and Air Operations Briefer for General Norman Schwarzkopf during the first Gulf War
Eugene R. Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, recently taught a course in Military Justice at Harvard Law School
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