[M Kehoe]

Welcome to FR. I appreciate your insight into the relationship with the U.S., and Canada's military configuration.

Remind me if you will, the Canadian soldiers (a sniper one of them) honored/decorated by the U.S. military recently.

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[Alexander Rubin]

Ugh, don't remind me. What the situation was that a small group of Canadian snipers performed admirably in Afghanistan (including longest recorded sniper kill ever at 2500 m/1.6 miles). They were to be awarded the Bronze Star (and a few other decorations) for valour and skillful conduct in battle. Our government vetoed it. They did not want our soldiers to be associated with killing. That's the oversimplified version of what happened. Pathetic, eh? War is not politically correct, so our soldiers cannot be associated with it. Canada is suffering from an advanced case of political correctness, and no cure is on the horizon. The sad thing is, even the freaks and babblers at rabble (Canada's equivalent to DU, but unsurprisingly, even further left) are concerned about the state of our military at this point. Tragic.

Thanks for the welcome btw.