If it's possible for these two to get consientious objector status, then fleeing to Canada was pretty fuckin' idiotic.

However, I don't think it's fair to say, "You signed up for the military, now you're going to fight in this particular action." I mean, I can imagine signing up (especially in the post-9-11 fervor) to DEFEND your homeland. That, however, doesn't mean that you signed up to go attack whatever random place the current government deems _may_ be a threat at some point, or would be good for the economy, or some other of a myriad of reasons that have nothing to do with the original reason you signed up for the military which was to protect your country. So, yeah, I can imagine signing up and then realizing that you don't want to go get killed for something you don't believe in.

Again, though, if they had other options than fleeing to Canada, they really should have taken those first!