The Stop-Loss policy is enacted by the U.S. Military to extend a service member's active duty service. It is a policy agreed to in the contract. The question is not, however SHOULD the military do it, but IF the military enacted this policy on a certain soldier, what that soldier can do.
This being the subject of the 2008 film, appropriately titled, Stop-Loss. In the film the protagonist is stop-lossed and goes AWOL, before deciding to Seek Asylum in Mexico, and eventually succumbing to orders and shipping back to Iraq. Other than those three choices the only other option for a stop-lossed soldier is jail.
As depicted in the film, being an AWOL soldier is a very difficult life. When the protagonist of the film meets with another soldier who went AWOL after being stop-lossed, he finds out that this man cannot provide for his family, because he cannot get a job, because he is a fugitive.
No one wants to go to jail, despite personal and political beliefs, and some soldiers can’t and won’t succumb to orders and ship back over. The clear option is seeking asylum in another country.
But, since there is no draft enact the majority of soldiers willingly joined the military. Thus it is reasonable to say that they feel a patriotism for their country. The option of seeking asylum in another country, Canada or Mexico, is not an option. It’s unpatriotic and goes against everything they have worked for in the past few years.
The stop-loss policy for the stop-lossed soldier is a catch 22.
This being the subject of the 2008 film, appropriately titled, Stop-Loss. In the film the protagonist is stop-lossed and goes AWOL, before deciding to Seek Asylum in Mexico, and eventually succumbing to orders and shipping back to Iraq. Other than those three choices the only other option for a stop-lossed soldier is jail.
As depicted in the film, being an AWOL soldier is a very difficult life. When the protagonist of the film meets with another soldier who went AWOL after being stop-lossed, he finds out that this man cannot provide for his family, because he cannot get a job, because he is a fugitive.
No one wants to go to jail, despite personal and political beliefs, and some soldiers can’t and won’t succumb to orders and ship back over. The clear option is seeking asylum in another country.
But, since there is no draft enact the majority of soldiers willingly joined the military. Thus it is reasonable to say that they feel a patriotism for their country. The option of seeking asylum in another country, Canada or Mexico, is not an option. It’s unpatriotic and goes against everything they have worked for in the past few years.
The stop-loss policy for the stop-lossed soldier is a catch 22.
okay, it certainly is a Catch 22.
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