There is quite good support for this guy to stay. I had a conversation, which eventually turned into an argument about the deserters, and the commie campuses (in Toronto at least) circle leaflets and petitions to have him stay in Canada, and support resisting the war. I found it quite astonishing how much support he has.
Eventually, the argument boiled down to this. She couldn't understand the military perspective. My views were innately expressed with a certain amount of military comeraderie and duty involved, and she didn't get it, in her words. A lot of people think that you need to stand up for what you believe in (even if it means running away and tying up a system meant to be the genuinely disadvantaged...).
I don't understand that logic. So, in other words, I can get all the benefits of something, but when it comes down to it, if I don't believe in the commitment phase, I can turn my back? That's like me receiving welfare, but when I get a job, I refuse to pay taxes because I don't want to feed the system. Perhaps we should do an elective system, where I can only pay to support whom I want, when I want.