Posted on 07/11/2006 6:40:36 AM PDT by balk
The girlfriend of Corporal Anthony Boneca, who was killed on Sunday when a Taliban bullet pierced his neck during a firefight in Afghanistan, says her boyfriend "hated" his mission and felt ill-equipped for the task.
"He hated it there," Megan DeCorte told reporters Monday.
Megan's father Larry DeCorte, told CTV's Canada AM that Boneca had recently become "disillusioned" with Canada's role in the conflict and had not had the proper training to serve on the front lines.
"He knew the risks, but he didn't realize it was going to be this kind of stuff," DeCorte told AM.
"I'm very angry that this has been done to a young man like this."
Boneca was the 17th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan. While reservists make up about 10 to 15 per cent of Canadian troops, they have accounted for three of the nine troop deaths since January.
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"I'm very angry that this has been done to a young man like this."
Likely not anger directed at the Taliban...
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Yah, he hated Afghanistan so much that after his first tour there, he signed
up for a second tour.
That he didn't like going out on a multi-day search and destroy mission
is understandable. It is a shit-job, but he had to be aware that those
type of missions are par for the course and are highly likely in
a war zone.
I'm sorry for the soldier and his family, but Boneca was not a naive
kid just out of basic training. He had to know the risks before he
signed up for the second tour.
Oh yes, all soldiers are misguided, misinformed, untrained, given rubberband guns and don't have a clue as to what a military actually does. Getting pretty sick of survivors dancing on the graves of their loved ones with their personal agendas. God bless CPL Boneca.
May those who bear false witness against these brave soldiers when they can't express their motives and beliefs be shamed forever.
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