Canadians, Please Answer This???????

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Jim B

My short answer, and bear in mind that I'm a 30 year veteran of the Canadian Forces is this.

Canada has never started a war, but we have been victorious in every one that we have fought in. Never been defeated.

Not a bad record , eh ?

A further point, we don't have a desertion problem in the CF, what we do have is a surplus of trained soldiers who are eager to go BACK to Afghanistan, and do it again. What does that say about our troop morale ? If the guys who are actually doing the fighting, and the dying , are willing to go BACK, does that sound like they are all stupid ? Or that they don't think the equipment is first class ?

Not really.

Jim B. Toronto.

scubabob

1/ Nope. The Taliban were responsible for our troops needing to be there. It wouldn't have mattered who was PM at the time ( other than Jack Layton who still has his head buried somewhere ).
2/ It wasn't Chretien's decision. That's not how political party leaders are chosen here.
3/Yes, they do, even Jack Layton does which is suprising.
4/Our armed forces have always been under manned and under equipped. Nothing new there. We joined WW2 in far worse shape and at the end of it, came out with the world's third largest Navy.Not bad for starting out with a submarine owned by a Province ( BC) some old destroyers and a WW1 cruiser. The difference lies in the fact that even the sanitary engineers (janitors) are trained to the equivalent US Ranger level of combat skills and since our gear is old, our troops tend to know it quite well and often come up with their own modifications to make it more effective. No hidden surprises with new equipment they're not totally familiar with unlike some armed forces in the world that are constantly upgrading or developing and have the need to test or train all the time. It's an advantage sometimes.
5/ If we wanted to appease US leaders, we would have joined in Iraq. We didn't and we don't really give a rats butt what American politicos think. We joined in the sanctioned NATO op in Afghanistan because it's that. A sanctioned NATO op against an oppressive regime that provided training facilities to terrorists and others willing to kill innocent people world wide. This is fact. Gulf War 2 was based on fiction and why we opted out of it as well as the fact it was illegal by that very reason. So...no. We don't blindly follow Uncle Sam around the planet. When they're right, we'll help, when they're not, we won't. Reasonable is it not?

thinkingtime

No comment. Except that, if you are so unhappy with Canadian politics, you might be happier somewhere else.

knh959

1. No.
2. No. (Chretien was the incompetent fool, not Martin)
3. yes.
4. No. (Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan are very well equipped, with the exception of the need for heavy lift helicopters)
5. This war is about eradicating terrorism. As such it is not for the appeasement of the Americans.

Kieran B

1) Yes I do..
2) Yes I do..
3) Yes I do.. !
4) No I don't..
5) Yes I do..

hockeyman8789

1. yes I do

2.yes

3.no

4.yea

5.I do not believe in the war

Cathy L

I am deeply upset & disappointed with our government's decision to go to Afghanistan. We are a peaceful nation. Providing schools & hospitals & other humanitarian support should have been the goal. I do believe that the USA pressured our weak leader to send troops. Our government says they care about our soldiers, but the whole situation is reckless & ill considered.

phill22097

well a i dont know a

Fun Bimmer

Patrick Cote Will loose.

Troy

thank god u aren't talking about obama :S

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