Topic: CDS's announcement: JTF2 to Hunt Al-Qaeda & "our job is to be able to kill people"

[Hatchet Man]

Hahaha that is hilarious, except I don't think they would have a tank (I don't think we have any either ) it would be to intimidating and militaristic.

[Scotty]

Found the perfect smiley to replace the tank for the NDP army,





Now let's get this back on topic shall we? 

[Hunter911]

I was watching the CBC a couple of days ago and Gen. Hillier came on and gave a brief 5 minute speach on how Canada can become more and more involved in the "War on Terror"...

Personally, i think Hillier is just trying to introduce the Canadian peoples heads around the idea that this is going to involve them too, and that we cant afford to wait for our own 911 or London train bombing before we take action...  I kinda like his aproach!

[x-grunt]

I am sure this one line  is going to piss a lot of people off (mainly the NDP lib-left type)

Actually, I mentioned this to a "NDP Left-lib type", a union organizer no less, and she said "well, it's about time. It needs to be done and that's what the
Army is for, right?"

So don't be so sure that "left-leaners" don't support the military. Many civvies may not really understand the military or the issues involved, but support is out there, in all quarters! 

Frankly as mentioned in the other post of Hillier, this is exactly what we need in our CDS

100% in agreement, it's refreshingly honest.

[Devin]

it's about time this country kicked it into high gear, i wish i was over there right now killing those terrorists. every canadian worth thier salt should want too as well, we should be supporting our military 100% and trying to protect the freedom our forefathers fought and died for.

[Future Unknown]

ILTIS JEEP

Currently being phased out, the ILTIS is a 4 x 4 light utility vehicle. In service since 1948 the ILTIS were poorly armoured and difficult to maintain.

The iltis has been in service since 1948?

[Acorn]

The iltis has been in service since 1948?

It just looks and drives like it has. Der Kanadische kubelwagen.

Acorn

[Pencil Tech]

Absolutely X-Grunt. The CDS comes out with yet another great zinger of a quote and all some people seem to be interested in is how shocked the NDP, the CBC, etc. etc are going to be blah, blah, blah, and how Gen. Hillier MUST be talking over the heads of all the other bogeymen, and so on. You know most Canadians probably actually think we always were trained to kill scumbags and think that's fine, actually. We should stop talking like an aggrieved minority. The CDS was enunciating current government policy, as he has from the day he was appointed (without any interference or contradiction from the PM or MND). The government, yes the (gasp!) Liberal government appointed this man to do a job. This is Canada's defence policy and this is what we have all moved on to.   For God's sake, get over the NDP. This is a democracy and everybody is entitled to their opinion. Our fight is not with other Canadians. The CF is going to Kandahar so that maybe one day Afghans can have peace and a free democracy, complete with their own leftist weenies and right-wing grumblers.

[Carcharodon Carcharias]

Excellent!

I am sure Canada's elite will show these cowards what Canadians are truly made of!

 

May they all have a speedy, and successful tour, and return safely.


Regards,

Wes

[MikeM]

Good on him, read the article in the Canex, excellent read.

[Slim]

Go Rick go!!

We aughta get Mike B to send the CDS an honourary membership to Army.ca!

I wonder if he'd post...

Either way he's finally showing the rest of this country that the CF has got some teeth to it!

[couchcommander]

Kubelwagen! (for some reason it always makes me laugh).

Believe it or not us Liberal-NDP types are actually quite pleased with the CF's new "aggressiveness", and by that I don't mean just me, but many of my non-military oriented colleagues as well. We are more than happy to see our Armed Forces doing what they are supposed to be doing, fighting and winning wars!

Liberal-NDP types usually only get upset about things when it seems that the war is being fought for less than a good reason. Afghanistan, IMO, and in the opinion of most of the country last I checked, is has many good reasons. We are denying terrorists use of this nation for their purposes, we are actively hunting down and destroying terrorists and their organizations, and at the same time we are helping some of the world's poorest people rebuilt their war torn country. Nothing wrong with that. In fact, Happy Hunting!

[Ex-Dragoon]

Believe it or not us Liberal-NDP types are actually quite pleased with the CF's new "aggressiveness", and by that I don't mean just me, but many of my non-military oriented colleagues as well. We are more than happy to see our Armed Forces doing what they are supposed to be doing, fighting and winning wars!

You might believe that couchcommander, yet its the Liberal-NDP types who are the first ones to cut the CF to the bone when and if given the opportunity. I think you are in the minority....

[Acorn]

I am sure Canada's elite will show these cowards what Canadians are truly made of!

Won't happen Wes. They're cowards, so finding them will be hard. And if our guys do find them, they're cowards, so they'll just surrender right away.

Our guys' aggressive, soldierly appearance will scare them away. 'Cause they're cowards.

Right?

Acorn

[KevinB]

I doubt they will come willingly...

 But the first thing that popped into my mind was a scene from SPR -Q:what did he say A: Look I washed my hands for breakfast 

 *KevinB does not espouse shooting surrendering soliders or vermin.  He just wants people to know after you kicked in their door when they where shooting at you prior to entry is about 3.8 seconds to late to have second thoughts...