Prosecuted, maybe, but not persecuted

Being ordered to Iraq doesn't qualify you for refugee status:

Rivera, the first female U.S. war resister, fled to Canada in 2007 to avoid further military service.

She had initially arrived while on leave but then applied for refugee status . . . A spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said in an email that the federal government does not believe the U.S. subjects its soldiers to persecution.

Lots of downright unfairness, true, but it's what they signed up for. What I once signed up for.