[Vision2020] Canadian bacon

Ron Force rforce@moscow.com
Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:35:38 -0800


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As you may remember, the US Air Force snuffed four Canadian soldiers with a
"misdirected" bomb.  Just rehearsing for the next one after Iraq?

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Ron Force                 rforce@moscow.com
Moscow Idaho USA
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
Behalf Of Aaron Schneider
  Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 2:22 PM
  To: vision2020@moscow.com
  Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Canadian bacon


  Indeed, Canada does have a militiary.  In fact, after the action in
Afghanistan, we tried to present a group of Canadian snipers with medals for
their extraordinary skill in combat.  I believe one Canadian sniper even set
a new record for a long distance kill under combat conditions (2400 meteres
if I recall correctly).

  The Canadian brass wasn't so keen on the idea, though.  They cited popular
Canadian thinking, saying that most civilians have a hard time believing
their soldiers actually killing people (I'm not sure if the medals ever
actually did get presented).

  It is this Canadian sentiment, along with them not being a militiary
powerhouse, that leads people to think Canada has no militiary.

  -Aaron



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