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Afghanistan/South Asia
Canadian General Says It Like It Is
2005-07-17
If Canadians were shocked that the head of their military called his enemy "detestable murderers and sc*mbags," they better get used to it. Gen. Rick Hillier has never minced words, nor is he likely to start any time soon...
I think the original post may have been inadvertently killfiltered for language. There is considerably more at the link.
We did this story a couple days ago. General Hillier is going to melt some brains if he keeps talking like this.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#9  Yes and there is a "left leaning" institute who says the Gnbereal should clarify its alarming comments.

I'd send lots and lots of cash to this general if he "clarifies" his statement by saying, "We should kill the detestable murderers and scumbags, and the people who defend them should be run out of town on a rail."
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-07-17 15:41  

#8  Wow! Someone in Canada has found a set of cahones? Well what do you know! Next, we'll be having LEGAL immigration. lol.
Posted by: Rosemary   2005-07-17 15:16  

#7  I agree with understanding terrorists in the same way that I agree there is value in interviewing serial rapists, murders and pedophiles - to neutralize them more effectively. Empathizing with Mohamed Atta is deranged.
Posted by: Super Hose   2005-07-17 15:14  

#6  The guy who says we should care about ROOT CAUSES is entirely right. We should care about the teaching of hate, we should care about a doctrine who says Muslims and more specifically Arabs are a herrensvolk destined to rule the world, we whould care about a doctrine Muslims and more specifically Arabs can perpetrate the most horrendous crimes against Khaffirs without this being a fault and that it is a horrible crime for Khaffirs to retaliate.

These are the root causes of terrorism and this is what we should fight.
Posted by: Whater Ulaviger2430   2005-07-17 14:15  

#5  This is reassuring. I was under the impression that Canadians were turning into Europussies, to borrow Canadian columnist Mark Steyn's word.

Hurrah for General Hillier!
Posted by: SteveS   2005-07-17 13:48  

#4   "But at the same time, if we're really going to deal with this problem and have a hope of putting an end to terrorism, then we have to work towards understanding the "ROOT CAUSES" (my emphasis), which go much deeper than current events in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Stop navel gaving and go read Dore Gold's "Kingdom of Hatred". Then you'll know what the root cause is. Hint...it isn't us.
Posted by: 98zulu   2005-07-17 13:07  

#3  Sounds like a major geezer!


It's time for Canada to take a stand, he said, just as it did 66 years ago when it joined the Second World War against the Nazis, whom he described as "those despicable, murderous bastards."

The Polaris Institute, a left-leaning think tank based in Ottawa, said Friday the defence minister needs to "clarify" Hillier's "very alarming" comments.

"His use of epithets such as 'scumbags' and 'killers' is reminiscent of language used by (U.S.) President (George W.) Bush and U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld," said project director Steven Staples.

Taken alongside recent defence policy changes and an increase in the defence budget, Staples said they "show an unmistakable trend toward the Americanization of the Canadian Forces."


General Hillier

and Steven Staples


Seconds out!
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-07-17 12:28  

#2  Yes and there is a "left leaning" institute who says the Gnbereal should clarify its alarming comments.

IMHO it is this institute who should clarify its tendency to support the likes of Stalin, Mao, Ho Chi Minh and Pol Pot in addition to its support for people like the Islamonuts who are for slavery, women opression and forced religious practice
Posted by: JFM   2005-07-17 12:16  

#1  Finally, we find some Canadians worth the sacrifices made at Juno by their own countrymen.
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-07-17 11:40  

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