I had a friend of mine who served in Vietnam. Most nights he would stick a 45 in his belt and go outside the wire to visit the nearby prostitutes. He was 18 and a bit crazy, but he wasn’t a deserter. We should give this guy a fair trial before we convict him.
If I were him, I’d want to avoid a fair trial. I have no problem with having a fair trial, but what he needs is a trial that’s tainted in his favor with command influence coming from his commander in chief. A fair trial will convict him of desertion.