"He'd likely be a free man if he were in Croatia or Kazakhstan."
You think so? One of my college professors was jailed in Kazakhstan because he neglected to bribe one of the customs workers on his way out of the country. That professor had grown up in Kazakhstan and still managed to get screwed over by the government there -- even after he was released, he could not get his money back, as the authorities had "lost" it.
The reality is that there are benefits to living in a developed country, even the USA. I can understand why he would not have wanted to leave even though he was running SR, even with the risks of being caught.
You think so? One of my college professors was jailed in Kazakhstan because he neglected to bribe one of the customs workers on his way out of the country. That professor had grown up in Kazakhstan and still managed to get screwed over by the government there -- even after he was released, he could not get his money back, as the authorities had "lost" it.
The reality is that there are benefits to living in a developed country, even the USA. I can understand why he would not have wanted to leave even though he was running SR, even with the risks of being caught.