Posted on 05/19/2006 9:56:09 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Another dim bulb who knows everything...
I guess if we don't agree with your point of view we're smug and sanctimmonious, eh?
FYI: Canada was the third largest contributor to the Invasion of Afghanistan,
after the United States and United Kingdom. Of the approximately
15,000 Canadian troops who have been stationed in Afghanistan,
2500 remain as the standard complement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%27s_role_in_the_invasion_of_Afghanistan
You should get out more .
In July 2005, Chief of Defence Staff. Gen. Rick Hillier confirmed that members of JTF2 would be part of a new Canadian deployment heading to Afghanistan to fight the remnants of the Taliban and supporters of al-Qaeda.
Much of what we know of the value of JTF2 comes from U.S. sources.
We learned just before Christmas 2001 that JTF2 was part of a seven-nation operation called Task Force K-Bar during the campaign in Afghanistan. Task Force K-Bar took part in 42 reconnaissance and surveillance missions, as well as what U.S. military authorities call "direct action" operations. JTF2 soldiers were part of commando operations that killed at least 115 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters and captured 107 senior Taliban leaders over a six-month period.
JTF2 commandos led a mountain climb in Afghanistan to reach a high-altitude observation post. The Canadians also entered caves looking for enemy forces and intelligence. One of their missions, called Operation Anaconda, took place last March when JTF2 soldiers stationed themselves high in the Afghanistan mountains to feed information to army units on the ground.
The Canadians worked with U.S. Navy commandos and elite forces from Australia. U.S. Navy Commander Kerry Metz, director of operations for Task Force K-Bar, praised the work of the "foreign" commandos to members of Congress.
"We were fortunate to have the finest special operators from a coalition of seven nations," Metz said. "We challenged our operators to conduct missions in some of the most hostile environments ever operated in. For example, we had special reconnaissance teams operating in the mountains of Afghanistan above 10,000 feet for extended periods without resupply."
Before this, the only direct reference to the work of JTF2 in Afghanistan was the embarrassing photograph of JTF2 soldiers escorting captured al-Qaeda prisoners on a tarmac. It resulted in a parliamentary uproar and an investigation into why then-defence minister Art Eggleton did not immediately inform Prime Minister Jean Chrétien that JTF2 had been involved in taking prisoners in Afghanistan.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cdnmilitary/jtf2.html
Thanks for the wiki link Captain. I'm well aware of how many Canadian troops are currently in Afghanistan. All I can say is it's about time. (I respect Canadian soldiers and the job they do, but Canada's contribution of 300 soldiers at the beginning of the Afghanistan campaign is a pathetic joke on the part of your government.) In all honesty 2500 is on the light side as well, but it's a little more respectable. You know damn well that if some group killed 3000+ Canadians on your own soil the US would have a carrier battle group parked in the nearest harbor raining tomahawks and landing Marines to teach them a lesson. I'm sorry if more than 300 guys was a little too much to ask.
Yes and No. The underlying principle of NATO is that an attack
on any member is treated as an attack on all members.
So yes, you WILL participate in the response (as is your Nato obligation).
But NO, you will not unilaterally determine the nature of the response.
I know that your desire is to go in guns blazin to teach them a lesson,
but I would hope that you have the courtesy to let us determine the
nature of the response just as you had the right to call the shots
in the invasion of Afghanistan..
My point is that America would have Canada's back and then some. You, in typical Canuck fashion, use it as an opportunity to disparage America once again. Your 2500 troops in Afghanistan are the least that your country can do. I know you are expecting the US to throw you a ticker tape parade, but it is about time that your country simply pulls it's own @#$%^&! weight for a change.
We don't expect America to throw us dick-all.
We expect you to look after your self interest and we'll do the same.
If it is in your interest to help us, you will. If it is in your interest to
shut the border to our beef or lumber, you will and have.
If it's not in your interest to help us (as in the first few years of WW1 &
WW2) you won't.
Stop sounding so gawd-damned superior and self-righteous.
You have no problem slamming our country from time-to-time for its
socialized health care or military or 100 other things, so you can't be
that thin-skinned that you can't take some in return.
Two leaders with the moral courage to stand up for what is right.
Dang, "Foreces" should read "Forces" of course.
If it's false it's a great piece of disinformation. They got much of the world to sit up and take notice and compare Armageddegan to Hitler.
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