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Canadian Sniper Hero Faces Court Martial
The London Daily Telegraph ^ | April 25, 2002 | David Rennie in Washington

Posted on 04/25/2002 11:32:28 AM PDT by Slam

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War is the ugliest of all businesses. It is the worst, the most despicable thing we humans do to each other. We ask young men to do the work of the devil For US (we sanction it)and then are amazed when they don't act like angels?
1 posted on 04/25/2002 11:32:28 AM PDT by Slam
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a court martial for shouting at a chaplain

What next, failure to raise a pinkie while sipping tea?

2 posted on 04/25/2002 11:34:26 AM PDT by RippleFire
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"This is how they show their appreciation to me, by sending me back to Canada."

Oh, the horror, the horror.
3 posted on 04/25/2002 11:35:27 AM PDT by My Identity
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American plans to award Bronze Stars to all five Canadians have now been delayed.

Why? These guys deserve not just medals, but instant US citizenship. If Canada doesn't want her own heroes, we should welcome them here.

4 posted on 04/25/2002 11:37:47 AM PDT by Argus
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Maybe this young man should have gone to Pali and al Queda combat school where he would do less shocking things such as disemboweling and dismembering dead combatants and targeting civilians.
5 posted on 04/25/2002 11:38:25 AM PDT by Bigg Red
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Absolutely...and from what I understand there was some mighty fine shooting involved....a perishing skill.
6 posted on 04/25/2002 11:40:19 AM PDT by Slam
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Cpl Perry has been sent back to Canada to face, instead of a hero's welcome, a court martial on discipline charges, reported to be in connection with threatening remarks he is alleged to have made to the Canadian chaplain during a "stress debriefing".

A sniper has one of the most stressful, dirtiest and least appreciated jobs in the world. So what if he blows a little steam. They should cut him some slack.

7 posted on 04/25/2002 11:41:50 AM PDT by AUgrad
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Just one more reason that I FLED Canada for the U.S. 2 years ago. Too bad the news story didn't include a copy of the oh-so horrible photo. It would have been a good psy-op drop for the Taliban holdouts.
8 posted on 04/25/2002 11:44:07 AM PDT by Camerican
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...and from what I understand there was some mighty fine shooting involved...

Indeed, if he's the one who made the shot described on this thread.

9 posted on 04/25/2002 11:46:10 AM PDT by general_re
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I'd trade any chaplain for his weight in main gun ammo - about four rounds.
10 posted on 04/25/2002 11:46:12 AM PDT by DSHambone
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Perhaps, the Cpl. should suggest that the chaplain fondled him and made inappropriate advances, as chaplains do, and that is why he yelled at the pervert.
11 posted on 04/25/2002 11:46:27 AM PDT by Tacis
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This is the same logic that football players at high schools and colleges use to get favored treatment.

Look, in the military there is a chain of command. MacAurthur might have wanted to chew Truman out, but the chain of command works the other way.

12 posted on 04/25/2002 11:51:25 AM PDT by jlogajan
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No doubt, and by the way, I'd LOVE a coppy of that picture....
13 posted on 04/25/2002 11:53:16 AM PDT by Demosthenes
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1700 metres...yup, not bad, not bad at all.

Uh, come to think of it, rather good.

Quite.

14 posted on 04/25/2002 11:56:26 AM PDT by Slam
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huh?
15 posted on 04/25/2002 11:57:25 AM PDT by Slam
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"We ask young men to do the work of the devil For US...

It's not the work of the devil at all. It's a person's work of defending Life and Freedom against the onslaught of muderous jihadist will. There's nothing sinister, or evil about the deliberate destruction of the forces of evil.

16 posted on 04/25/2002 12:08:07 PM PDT by spunkets
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okay.
17 posted on 04/25/2002 12:12:06 PM PDT by Slam
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Read the article - they cite a "stress counseling session" or some similar warm fuzzy activity.
From the other comments (quotes) I'd guess the Corporal yelled out that he didn't much need the chaplain's "counseling".
Guy sounds like he likes his job and resents wasting his training and skills while the rest of the team remains on line and under threat of similar punishment for it.
18 posted on 04/25/2002 12:12:59 PM PDT by norton
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The 'culture of distain' belongs to the Liberal Party of Canada (who recently bought old broken down subs for the military and shiny new executive jets for themselves) not to the nation of Canada.
19 posted on 04/25/2002 12:18:04 PM PDT by Grig
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"We ask young men to do the work of the devil

What do you want to bet the chaplain said something similar?

a.cricket

20 posted on 04/25/2002 12:18:24 PM PDT by another cricket
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