I was only kidding, please don't be offended.
I have a tendency to jump on people who I perceive to be discounting the effort of our brave soldiers.
Sorry.
:-)
Rob, I and most Canadians on this board are sick to death of the constant sniping at our reduced (by LIEberals) forces.
Our soldiers-under-arms are nowhere near as numerous as yours, but man for man are the equal of any on earth. Our Arty folks were among the first to use the NEW 777 gun in Afghanistan, BTW.
Our navy is small (3rd largest at the end of WWII, but shrunk a LOT since) but once again, we have supply ships that have dropped grenades on SSN's during war games with you, and our frigates are regularly part of your CVN's escort group(s), when not running interdiction in the Gulf.
Our air force uses F-18's, not Sopwith Camels, and we're buying a bunch of NEW Boeing transport aircraft.
Please drop the snide "Canada has a ____?". It's as juvenile and inappropriate as "Bush's Fault", or "Bush lied, soldiers died".
It's bad enough we have to listen to the leftwingers up here carp and snipe at us. Taking fire from "friendlies" is quite disturbing.
If you want to get into some history, Canada fought Germany in both world wars long before you guys decided to get involved. Canada was one of the founding members of NATO and one of the largest contibutors of armed might at its founding. Not surprising since Canada has the third largest Air Force and Navy in the world.
Canada has, and will continue, to fight this war shoulder to shoulder with our English speaking allies, even if the whole rest of the world is against us. Remember that next time you want to post a "witty" comment.