tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post4068930709449078751..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: You’re kidding, right?CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-27785767880816522842008-01-17T15:27:00.000-05:002008-01-17T15:27:00.000-05:00I like the clarification:"Canada doesn't suck at c...I like the clarification:<BR/><BR/>"Canada doesn't suck at counter-insurgency. NATO sucks at counter-insugency."<BR/><BR/>Or maybe just the UK and the Netherlands suck at counter-insurgency.<BR/><BR/>Everyone sucks at counter-insugency. It's why you still have "insurgents". It's not only the romance of dying to defend your nation against infidel invaders that gets people to strap explosives to themselves. Eventually, it WORKS.Father Shaggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387065831329240927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-78280330062671256592008-01-17T14:05:00.000-05:002008-01-17T14:05:00.000-05:00"...NATO forces currently deployed in southern Afg..."...NATO forces currently deployed in southern Afghanistan do not know how to combat a guerrilla insurgency..."<BR/><BR/>as distinguished from the stunning skills of the Merkins, who honed them in Viet Nam?<BR/><BR/>NoniNoni Mausahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198589990083966806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-77518885671484705072008-01-17T13:05:00.000-05:002008-01-17T13:05:00.000-05:00"He said, 'I specifically made no reference to any..."He said, 'I specifically made no reference to any country and Canada is the last country I'd make those comments about.'"<BR/><BR/>I think what he's getting at here is that Canada would be the last country he would make those comments about:<BR/><BR/>"...and, lastly, Canada's troops also don't know how to do counterinsurgency operations".¢rÄbG®äŠŠhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307684311454262849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-36192588014292976442008-01-17T12:15:00.000-05:002008-01-17T12:15:00.000-05:00Meanwhile, Junior MacKay shrieked and screeched an...Meanwhile, Junior MacKay shrieked and screeched and went ultrasonic yesterday about Dion's comments regarding Pakistan's border troubles, using the words "lunacy" and "ludicrous."<BR/><BR/>...I'd link to the actual quote I read in <I>The G&M</I> this morning, but Junior's emotional outbursts are really best ignored. He'll grow out of it, I'm sure.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-14823375784553386922008-01-17T11:36:00.000-05:002008-01-17T11:36:00.000-05:00I just hope Peter MacKay has some strong words in ...I just hope Peter MacKay has some strong words in defence of Canadian troops.<BR/><BR/>No? Well, then I hope he wraps his eager lips around the throbbing manhood of the US administration.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that's about right.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13408488215496128814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-29974972788292662552008-01-17T10:57:00.000-05:002008-01-17T10:57:00.000-05:00Kind of them to 'help out'. since they buggered o...Kind of them to 'help out'. since they buggered off from Afghanistan in the first place once they had everyone there. "Just a sec, we're going to the store for flowers and candy, be right back."<BR/><BR/>Thanks Big Daddy. How well has that American expertise in counter-insurgency been working out for you?Nileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096047389811381098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-19010251909554043482008-01-17T10:50:00.000-05:002008-01-17T10:50:00.000-05:00Gates was on NPR this morning, "clarifying" his st...Gates was on NPR this morning, "clarifying" his statement about the NATO troops. He said basically that the US was sending in 3000 marines to 'help out' and the problem was that other NATO countries with minority governments (hint, hint...) were getting grief at home from their constituents so could not send in more cannon foder...er troops.Southern Quebechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275618707597791415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-52048994026146305182008-01-17T10:06:00.000-05:002008-01-17T10:06:00.000-05:00Well, the US is still part of NATO. Maybe he's cr...Well, the US is still part of NATO. Maybe he's criticising Bush ;)Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010178962574928062noreply@blogger.com