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Originally Posted by Bellatrix  I didn't read all of the replies in this thread.
I would however, like to remind our neighbours to the south that this particular extradition clause was added in [b]1969[/ib] when Pierre Trudeau felt that consciencious draft dodgers should not be extradited, as he felt that service in Viet Nam was almost certainly a death penalty. |
I can't believe that Trudeau used such an argument. Service in Vietnam simply was nowhere near a death sentence.
Here are some stats:
About 2.6 million soldiers fought in Vietnam between 1960 and 1973.
Total deaths, including hostile (47,359) and non-hostile (10,797) were 58,156.
That's not much over a two percent death rate.
Surprising, I know.