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I agree with Silver that it's not good underestimate an opponent: But, Ignatieff's on a cross country university talking tour right now and according to this student-editor quoted in the Jan. 14/10 article below, Iggy's speaking notes are not based on well-thought-through ideas. If he wants to...

ballz, Thank you for posting that ~I was so impressed with the judge's ruling . Hopefully, the media attention will help gather more support for the family too. As already noted, sharing a one-bedroom apartment with his Mom may be okay for now, but for the long term this family will need to...

On Sunday two escort soldiers in tan combat fatigues, one male and one female, in the freezing cold and in the dark, stopped and greeted the Honour Guard and every supporter including civilian--down one side of Grenville and back up the other side. It wasn't clear at times whether they were...

Nice photos. Agree ... I attended at the Coroner's Office in TO ... it is heartbreaking! There was a very large crowd of supporters in Toronto today--people from all walks of life with hearts full of grief.

Condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the fallen.  :'(

Stephen Harper defends Canadian Forces ... Torture Issue Afghan Problem, Not Canadian: PM http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/torture-issue-afghan-problem-not-canadian-pm/article1409630/ (Reproduced in accordance with the Fair Dealing provision of the Copyright Act.) Campbell Clark...

Mohammad (Froggy) Rahman, an Afghan interpreter who helped save the life of a Canadian soldier last year, is seen at an Afghan National Army military compound in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. The Taliban have threatened to kill him for working with the Canadian Forces. THE...

:2c: Can't speak for all Canadians but in my neck of the woods, other than a few activists who'll jump on any 'down-with-Canada-bandwagon' Canadians ARE sick of it and are ignoring it, are dismissing it, as nothing more than a political pie-throwing contest. I talked to someone yesterday...

General Mc Chrystal sure speaks well of the Canadian Forces! I particularly liked, "You always feel good when you get a Canadian at your shoulders" in response Susan's Ormiston's attempt to get the General to comment on Canada's future roll in Afghanistan (which he wisely avoided). BZ to you...

Vern, I've nothing witty to add ~I'm not a boy and I don't know you but the fact that you can rise above that cheesy, unscrupulous personal attack with humour is a testament to your goodness and integrity! 8) So 'hon' don't try out for any acting roles as an 'evil doer' 'cause you don't fit...

Congrats guys, well done!!!  :)

Hope I didn't mislead either with the use of the word "reminder" as I was referring, in a general way, that politicians sometimes need to be reminded not to toss around the CF like a football, er, so to speak ....

That's weird. I just edited my post and re-posted the URL and it seems to work now.

Mr. Campbell, hope you don't mind me posting this letter--it's a great letter and reminder so I thought posting it here would be for the 'greater good' (and perusal of the membership): http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=2314424 Keep Politics Away From Forces National...

Yes ballz, I'm a civilian and although I do try to stay in my own lane, I've seen this theme played out so many times and have also read Hilliers's and MacKenzie's books and I think it's time, in fact past time, that the 'government of the day' with regard to a particular military operation...

Overwatch, I was beginning to worry about your safety & welfare because we haven't been receiving the usual 'sunnier-than-thou-by-the-pool'  ;D weather reports from down under--now that I know it was just a glitch in the inter connectivity matrix I'm not so worried! How is the weather down...

"Shake Hands With the Devil" is one of the most frustrating, painful true stories I've ever read. I was almost tearing my hair out reading it.  At one point in the book I actually jumped out of my armchair yelling "don't wait for permission from Ottawa ... do something ... now" :-[ my kids...

Yes. Very good to see that supportive response from Canada. Thank you Rifleman.

Thank you for the reference.  This picture (taken from the afghanschool.org site) of singing children at graduation ceremony is beautiful.

Here's a December 3, 2009 poll by Angus Reid that's based on polling 1006 Canadians from all parts of the country.  It's important to critically analyze a pollsters methodology but I also think the good ones make no attempt to bias the results-IMHO! This polls sample size of respondents is...