A British soldier has been court-martialed for refusing to return to Afghanistan. Lance Corp. Joe Glenton went AWOL in 2007 instead of serving his second tour of duty with the Royal Logistic Corps in Afghanistan. He handed himself in after being absent for more than two years and travelling in Asia and Australia.
After his return, 27-year-old Glenton wrote to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, saying that the Afghanistan mission would fail. "The war in Afghanistan is not reducing the terrorist risk. Far from improving Afghan lives it is bringing death and devastation to their country,' he wrote. Glenton is to appear at another hearing on November 2.