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 Need proof that #America is a compassionate country?

Consider the case of the soldier who bolted into North Korea.

After his return to the US, he was sent to a medical center for evaluation. Discipline may (probably) follow only after he's re-adjusted to being here. In the meantime, the concern is about his mental health.

In any other place (except maybe the Five Eyes and some EU countries), that soldier would be (brutally) disappeared.

https://apnews.com/article/pvt-travis-king-released-north-korea-746487710c11a812f33ad25d60861b1b