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WAB Bartender
Defense Professional
Military Professional
Join Date: 11-24-04
Location: Vacaville, CA.
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Originally Posted by Newguy
They sure do! I worked with CANSOF in Afghanistan, and I would fight with them any day of the week.
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I still think about my pal from OSINT that got killed in Afghanistan. 
Wrote this in Feb '06:
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Oh, and that includes a Canadian Army corporal here that is AWESOME, and wants fervently to get over to Afghanistan. He wants to go do something to help, not to 'kill people', or to get a medal, or extra money; he wants to CONTRIBUTE. Today was his last day here, and he doesn't know if he can get two consecutive 'away' postings, but he's trying as hard as he can.
So, he's a good example of what I'm talking about. Canadian forces have fallen into almost uselessness, NOT because Canadian soldiers are weak and worthless, but because DEFENSE, a sovereign responsibility, has been totally abdicated and looted by the Liberal government. The government is beneath contempt, but their soldiers have my respect.
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I wrote this in Sep '06:
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There was a Canadian corporal that served with me when I first came to CENTCOM as a civilian contractor. We both worked in Open Source Intelligence, and became friendly with each other.
I'm ashamed to say I forgot his name, but I knew who was being referred to when we got word that he'd been killed in Afghanistan. He was a volunteer for the mission, and had to get a special permission to serve two consecutive 'away' tours. It was granted, he went...and he died there.
He was the most affable, jovial, good-natured guy, carried a bit of weight, and maybe wasn't the first draft pick for the team. But he was smart, worked hard, and loved his country. I liked him most of all because he was so obviously taken with the 'States, and wanted to make a good impression of his country.
In my opinion, he upheld the reputation that the Canadian Army made for itself in Flanders fields, at Normandy, and along the badly-named DMZ in Korea. Canada misses a good man, and I am more than a bit sad myself when I think about him.
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"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory."
- George Orwell
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