Reasons Why Peter Jemley Fled to Canada
Peter Jemley’s fled to Canada
“The hardest thing about a road not taken is that you never know where it might have led.”-Lisa Wingate Peter Jemley is unique among the growing ranks of war resister who made the decision to flee to Canada instead of being involved in the military. He didn’t take the decision to join the arm lightly. He stated, “It wasn’t a political decision, I didn’t really like the bush administration anymore then, than I do now. But Iraqi’s are people to and I am not afraid of doing difficult things, so I thought I could help.” Peter was not given enough information on what he was expected to do, and he figured they needed him to torture others, due to him being the only one who spoke there language. Secondly, Peter wanted to go into military to help out the country, not to do any crimes. By him not knowing what the government is expecting him to do, he could be expected to do something illegal, like torturing others during war. Due to Peter not getting enough information from the government on his expectations, and whether or not he was expected to do illegal crimes, Peter Jemley should be supported in his decision to desert his position in the U.S military.
Peter has very understandable reasoning’s on why he chose not to stay in the military. Firstly, The Government had added new rules in which they allowed people to do what they had to do, in order to make the Iraqi’s give up any information needed to the U.S military. This could mean the U.S using torture to get any wanted information. Due to Peter’s adeptness with language, he figured the Government was planning to set him up to be the torturer, because he would have been able to communicate well with the Iraqi’s. Secondly, The CIA admitting to using techniques such as water boarding as a way of getting information. Water boarding being a torture method where you hold someone under water for an extended period of time against his or her will. It is understood that you can not leave the
“The hardest thing about a road not taken is that you never know where it might have led.”-Lisa Wingate Peter Jemley is unique among the growing ranks of war resister who made the decision to flee to Canada instead of being involved in the military. He didn’t take the decision to join the arm lightly. He stated, “It wasn’t a political decision, I didn’t really like the bush administration anymore then, than I do now. But Iraqi’s are people to and I am not afraid of doing difficult things, so I thought I could help.” Peter was not given enough information on what he was expected to do, and he figured they needed him to torture others, due to him being the only one who spoke there language. Secondly, Peter wanted to go into military to help out the country, not to do any crimes. By him not knowing what the government is expecting him to do, he could be expected to do something illegal, like torturing others during war. Due to Peter not getting enough information from the government on his expectations, and whether or not he was expected to do illegal crimes, Peter Jemley should be supported in his decision to desert his position in the U.S military.
Peter has very understandable reasoning’s on why he chose not to stay in the military. Firstly, The Government had added new rules in which they allowed people to do what they had to do, in order to make the Iraqi’s give up any information needed to the U.S military. This could mean the U.S using torture to get any wanted information. Due to Peter’s adeptness with language, he figured the Government was planning to set him up to be the torturer, because he would have been able to communicate well with the Iraqi’s. Secondly, The CIA admitting to using techniques such as water boarding as a way of getting information. Water boarding being a torture method where you hold someone under water for an extended period of time against his or her will. It is understood that you can not leave the