[news] 5,000 Desertions and Counting

[Resist!ca]

"[The] army of 150,000 in Iraq has so far experienced 5000 desertions--an astonishing rate of 3.3 percent. That's remarkable, considering how hard it must be to desert in that environment. In Vietnam, you could hide out in a Saigon brothel, or, as some soldiers did, melt into the jungle, turn yourself over to the VC, and get smuggled north to North Vietnam and eventually Russia or even Sweden. The options in Iraq aren't so good..."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/12/12/8402/4382