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2004-01-19 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2004-01-19 00:01|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 one of the men began shaking and crying. "What's going on? Am I going to die?"

That's when you squeeze a round off in the air and drop a couple of sandbags on the ground. Watch the might muj crap their pajamas.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2004-1-19 12:16:44 AM|| 2004-1-19 12:16:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Its not my intention to belittle the Canadian troops, who I am sure are good soldiers. But what jumped (pardon the pun) out at me was the Canadian parachute company

The USA has two? airborn divisions, the UK an air assault brigade with 4 parachute regiments + several other regiments, and the Canadian's a parachute company?

I know in the British army that the 'paras' are the shock troops. In Rudgard Kipling's words 'The violent men who allow honest citizens to sleep safe in their beds at night.' And I worry that there may come a day when we don't have anything like enough of these men.

Posted by phil_b 2004-1-19 1:38:06 AM|| 2004-1-19 1:38:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The USA has two? airborn divisions, the UK an air assault brigade with 4 parachute regiments + several other regiments, and the Canadian's a parachute company?

I think you answered your own question :) Why waste money on the military when you have such great, friendly military powerhouses to the south, and just across the pond?

Posted by Rafael 2004-1-19 1:58:55 AM|| 2004-1-19 1:58:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Having fallen into a newly excavated soon-to-be septic tank while fighting a house fire, I can sympathize with the trooper. I broke my wrist.

From prior Rantburg posts, we know that the Canadian army has 11,900 soldiers. Now, I do wonder if the paras' numbers are low because of the problems they had in Somalia?

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-1-19 11:44:23 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-1-19 11:44:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 sounds like a good raid there,wish they'd get more funding from thier goverment.Canadian forces seem very good but few in number,a shame really.Good work though.

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-19 12:04:47 PM|| 2004-1-19 12:04:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Chuck,
I was deployed during much of Somalia, what happened to the Canadians? I know US and Pakastani forces got whacked but had not heard of the Canadians getting bloodied.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-19 12:06:38 PM|| 2004-1-19 12:06:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Super Hose: The paras got caught torturing folks. For funsies.

In Somalia, when Canadian soldiers killed a Somali intruder in cold blood in March 1993, the Canadian commander did not punish the crime but covered it up. (Following an official inquiry, the Airborne Regiment involved was later disbanded.)

More: LINK

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-1-19 12:56:21 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-1-19 12:56:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The PC monster, led by the trotskyites as CBC, had been targeting the Canadian Airborne Regiment for quite a while before the Somalia incident. There had been saturation media coverage of alleged hazing in the Regiment, and some charges of Ku Klux Klan recruiting in the ranks. The documentation was very thin, a few episodes.
I have always wondered just how well other, comparably sized, Canadian organizations would stand up to the same level of scrutiny.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-1-19 2:49:16 PM|| [http://www.nuclearspace.com] 2004-1-19 2:49:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 of alleged hazing

Hazing in a parachute regiment? That's disturbing, very disturbing.

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-19 2:53:45 PM|| 2004-1-19 2:53:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm no expert, but it seems any time there's an article about Canadian troops, they kick ass.
These fine troops are too good for Canadain politicains.

How 'bout, The U.S. Marines Canadian Brigade? Then the Habs could end the pretense, disband the Canadian military, and let these warriors do their thing with a winner.

Posted by Hyper 2004-1-19 6:50:01 PM|| 2004-1-19 6:50:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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