Not since "the" beginning. I don't recall seeing any Canucks riding in on horseback with our SF guys. Then when you decided to get in on the action, your country of 30 million contributed less than 300 soldiers. Gee thanks Canada.
I will say that I'm pleased with what I see from Harper so far, but as for smug, sanctimonious, Canadian nationalists such as your self, take your snide comments about the US and shove them up your "dumbarse."
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