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Towards_the_gap said:I'll take quiet, realistic beans and bullets support over the red-shirt-wearing-yellow-ribbon-tying-mile-wide-and-inch-deep support that was culminated in the KAF Timmies.
Did the soldiers need double doubles and donuts? No. They needed proper boots, proper load bearing equipment, and tons of life saving equipment that we never saw until the end, or never saw at all. But johnny canuck felt great that he dropped $10 in the legion collection plate so that a hard working Canadian peacekeeper could have a coffee. It makes me laugh, and just a little sick to my stomach.
To be honest I'd rather have people back home showing some support than standing in the street protesting about the war and calling soldiers baby killers. The support that they show has gone much farther than just tossing in $10 for a timmies gift card. Because of the support theres been heavy media attention on soldiers and that has helped the injured/ill improve things and families of the fallen get better looked after. It has also helped show how outdated a lot of our equipment was and the public was wanting better equipment for the soldiers. We did recieve better equipment but it does take time to get that. Without the support I think the government would have felt less pressure to kit us out better.
Also guys would recieve tons of cookies, chocolate and lots of junk goodies from back home so I don't see eating donuts or having a coffee as a very bad thing.
The problem with equipment is it can always be better or there can always be more of it.