Citizen Protection

The U.S. has arrested a Canadian who went AWOL during the Vietnam War in one of his frequent crossed border trips. The only reason for arresting someone whose “crime” was pardoned decades ago seems to be, as we Chinese say, “kill and chicken to warn the monkey,” i.e. set an example for the young people in the military right now. This is fully within the right of the U.S. government to do, however unfair and hypocritical it is. What is so far missing from this is the Canadian government. I am no saying that we should mount an invasion/extraction action, however U.S.-like it may be, but there is nothing that our foreign department is doing—no visit, no lawyer, and no information for the family… Our government intercedes for drug runners but not for an old guys who forgot to file his application for an already announced pardon. Is that not a government we can all be proud of?