Dude, I'm watching Independence Day right now.
Did you watch PurePwange yet nicca?
I think it's because I'm Canadian and thus can't have much pride in our military
I think it's because I'm Canadian and thus can't have much pride in our military
wtf? >:(
who do you think would win in a war between the US and Canada?I think it's because I'm Canadian and thus can't have much pride in our military
wtf? >:(
Do you know our first navy ship - given to us by the British - was called the Rainbow...Rainbow
Actatly I'm proud that were peace keepers, just that doesn't give me the giddyness of of independence day proportions.
I think it's because I'm Canadian and thus can't have much pride in our military
wtf? >:(
Do you know our first navy ship - given to us by the British - was called the Rainbow...Rainbow
Actatly I'm proud that were peace keepers, just that doesn't give me the giddyness of of independence day proportions.
who do you think would win in a war between the US and Canada?I think it's because I'm Canadian and thus can't have much pride in our military
wtf? >:(
Do you know our first navy ship - given to us by the British - was called the Rainbow...Rainbow
Actatly I'm proud that were peace keepers, just that doesn't give me the giddyness of of independence day proportions.
I think it's because I'm Canadian and thus can't have much pride in our military
wtf? >:(
Do you know our first navy ship - given to us by the British - was called the Rainbow...Rainbow
Actatly I'm proud that were peace keepers, just that doesn't give me the giddyness of of independence day proportions.
Vimy Ridge? Ypres? Juno Beach? Our contributions in the liberation of the Netherlands, and the campaign in Italy? At the end of World War 2 we had the third largest navy in the world.
Just because we've never been a superpower doesn't mean we don't have a proud military history.
we'd just make a bunch of wal marts and mcdonalds in the moutains to lure them out and then bomb said wal mart and mcdonalds.
no one can resist a wal mart and mcdonald, and they both tend to pop up in places with no population.
if we want to be really evil, we'll build one of those wal marts with a mcdonalds inside.
Thats true, but it doesn't give me pride in a military sense, it gives me pride in us a nation and I think there is a difference. I think military pride is having the strength to enforce, with the US has, and the knowledge to know when to us it correctly, US not so much.
The battles you refer too, I think our contribution was much more of a community sense of gathering together to fight wrong, and that is a much better pride, but i don't count it as traditional military pride.
But I think it does. How are we to contribute to difficult times when we don't have a powerful military? I think in a historical sense yes there is a lot to be said on our actions but if another large scale war was to happen, we'd be effectively useless and thats where i loss my sense of pride. I guess I have pride historically but not with our current military as a world force, but i do as peace keepers.
But I think it does. How are we to contribute to difficult times when we don't have a powerful military? I think in a historical sense yes there is a lot to be said on our actions but if another large scale war was to happen, we'd be effectively useless and thats where i loss my sense of pride. I guess I have pride historically but not with our current military as a world force, but i do as peace keepers.
Except the geopolitical situation doesn't require an army for a "large scale war". And few countries have ever been prepared beforehand for a large scale war. We didn't have a huge military establishment in 1939. Neither did the US.
You want to see our contribution today? Look to Afghanistan. We have three thousand troops there and are one of the few countries willing to put troops in the south where the danger is. That's something to be "proud" of, that our military has a tradition of being willing to take on dangerous and difficult tasks.
But I think it does. How are we to contribute to difficult times when we don't have a powerful military? I think in a historical sense yes there is a lot to be said on our actions but if another large scale war was to happen, we'd be effectively useless and thats where i loss my sense of pride. I guess I have pride historically but not with our current military as a world force, but i do as peace keepers.
Except the geopolitical situation doesn't require an army for a "large scale war". And few countries have ever been prepared beforehand for a large scale war. We didn't have a huge military establishment in 1939. Neither did the US.
You want to see our contribution today? Look to Afghanistan. We have three thousand troops there and are one of the few countries willing to put troops in the south where the danger is. That's something to be "proud" of, that our military has a tradition of being willing to take on dangerous and difficult tasks.
But thats what I'm say. I am proud of peace keeping but to me it is a different kind of pride.
I haven't watched the news since Iraq started. Whats happening in afgan with us? When we went it seemed to me that we had the intention of peace keeping after the removal of the taliban.
I haven't watched the news since Iraq started. Whats happening in afgan with us? When we went it seemed to me that we had the intention of peace keeping after the removal of the taliban.
Do you really want to get educated on world affairs from this forum?
I haven't watched the news since Iraq started. Whats happening in afgan with us? When we went it seemed to me that we had the intention of peace keeping after the removal of the taliban.
dude, the Taliban didn't just roll over and die. They still exist, and are still fighting an insurgency campaign in the south of Afghanistan. Canada has the second most casualties in Afghanistan behind the US, and are actively contributing in military campaigns against the remnants of the Taliban. We've had 54 deaths in Afghanistan.
O. I thought active campaigns would have been far done by now. 54 deaths is a lot less than I would have thought though.
O. I thought active campaigns would have been far done by now. 54 deaths is a lot less than I would have thought though.
Our casualty rate in Afghanistan is very similar to the American casualty rate in Iraq. There's just far fewer total deaths because we have far fewer total troops deployed.
O. I thought active campaigns would have been far done by now. 54 deaths is a lot less than I would have thought though.
Our casualty rate in Afghanistan is very similar to the American casualty rate in Iraq. There's just far fewer total deaths because we have far fewer total troops deployed.
Still we're been in their what 5 years now? 11, a year out of 3000 thats not bad.
O. I thought active campaigns would have been far done by now. 54 deaths is a lot less than I would have thought though.
Our casualty rate in Afghanistan is very similar to the American casualty rate in Iraq. There's just far fewer total deaths because we have far fewer total troops deployed.
Still we're been in their what 5 years now? 11, a year out of 3000 thats not bad.
ya, well tell that to the 54.6 percent of Canadians who would want to pull our troops out of the country if we keep taking casualties at this rate.
So I take it the conservatives aren't doing well in power? lol, give me a run down of current national affairs, lol.
So I take it the conservatives aren't doing well in power? lol, give me a run down of current national affairs, lol.
man, I don't know, I mostly follow international news over national affairs :lol
The girlfriend says that an election will likely be called in the next couple months.