Interview with wife of US soldier; family claiming refugee status (Canada)

[Minstrel Boy]

Jeremy Hinzman is an American infantry soldier who went AWOL, brought his family to Canada, and is claiming refugee status because the military will not recognize his conscientious objection to performing combat duty. He has been the subject of numerous news articles in publications around the world.

The name Nga Nguyen, on the other hand, is not quite so familiar. Nga is Jeremy's wife, and the mother of their 22 month-old son, Liam.

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NGUYEN: We knew that we had three choices facing us. Jeremy could go to Iraq — which wasn't an option for us. The other two choices were that he could go to jail, or leave the country. I told Jeremy that I would support him on either of the other two options. Even if he went to jail, at least I could visit him there and bring Liam to see him. I would much rather visit him in jail than visit him in a graveyard. I don't want Liam to grow up without a father.

Jeremy decided to come to Canada. He's been wanting to live in Canada for a while, because when you hear about the stuff that is happening in the U.S., what the U.S. government does in other countries…many Americans either don’t know or they don't want to know what the government is doing. And we asked ourselves whether we really wanted to be a part of that.

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