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ROJ, no us govt official has denied he was intentionally deported to syria, despite being on his way to canada. nor has there been any denial of media reports that us officials (albeit unnamed) had the full cooperation of canadian authorities. as for whether he was tortured, i would take...

a few simple, undeniable facts: -- maher arar is a canadian citizen -- he was kidnapped and tortured by a foreign power, with the cooperation of an agency of OUR GOVERNMENT (CSIS) -- he was finally released without charge or further punishment (which they would not have done if they really...

i'm partial to the Bonnie Dundee, though not for its musical merits, necessarily. anyway, does anyone know if there is a definitive CD set out there of Cdn regimental (or corps) marches?

SFTT ran a follow-up, which puts things in a bit different light: http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Defensewatch%20Special%205.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=3&rnd=156.96301815797076

"cadet or reserve unit"?   ??? anyway, there was an airborne cadet corps in edmonton. i doubt there is anymore, though.

GW, i see your point. however, this particular individual was most certainly not one of those guys. he spun a whole yarn, which included the usual dark hints of secret-squirrel-type activities, but that was the one detail that happened to stick in my mind.

maybe it's a topic for whole new thread, but i never cease to be amazed at some of the bs these walter mitty-types dream up. i remember one guy telling me he was "armoured airborne". he quickly changed the topic when i asked him how to rig a leopard for jumping. also, a friend of mine once met a...

I'm sure everyone on this board agrees with me when i say we should be increasing our defence spending -- massively. but here is why i think we should be doing it to back up our own interests in the world, and not out of sentimental attachment to the US. comments? rants? aneurysms?

it's strange that saddam's regime never resorted to using these supposed wmds in the desparation of defeat, or in the 20 months since. the evidence of an imminent iraqi wmd threat facing the west was unconvincing before the invasion, and by now it's grown a little stale, to say the least. an...

most of the foreign buying of us govt debt securities is by central banks. while it's true that T-Bills are infinitely less risky than the Russian equivalent, getting a return on investment is not a primary concern for central bankers (after all, they never buy private equity, no matter how...

all these asian central banks are holding us govt t-bills for one reason: to keep their own currencies weak and help their export sectors. they're kind of trapped into keeping their large dollar reserves, or risk seeing their currencies appreciate. either way, the dollar has been kept...

here's an interesting take on the frenchies, http://www.exile.ru/2003-October-02/war_nerd.html

let's see if i can remember: 1. check canopy 2. look out for other jumpers 3. unfasten waist-belt 4. release shoulder load/ ruck at 200ft 5. adopt landing position (head down, knees/feet together, arms on risers) but that's from a long time ago, so i'll leave it for current jumpers to correct...

i recall there was one (not too bright) guy on a winter ex up north who fired up the coleman without bothering to place it on the handy plywood board that it travels with on the toboggan. he turned his back for a couple of minutes, and when he came back to find the stove, it had magically...

A jump tasking can be a real mixed blessing for a Militia unit. Back in the Stone Age, when I was in the Loyal Eddies' jump platoon, I recall the morale was quite strong, and most of the the troops in the platoon were fairly switched on. But I also recall the odd individual who seemed more...