If you haven't been to Afghanistan shut up.
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Coulda been worse John Brother....coulda happened in a LSVW! ;D
FormerHorseGuard
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As everyone knows by my log in name I am former soldier. I do not know what it is like any where else in the world to be a soldier collecting my pay cheque other than the following places, Petawawa, Toronto, Borden, Ipperwash ( the final summer camp) among other short term postings.
Did Canada do the right thing by going to Afghanistan? I do not know. Did Canada do the wrong thing by going to Afghanistan? I do not know. Did Canada as a nation have to stand up and do something to help prevent the spread of terrorism, help in the over throw of a government that enforced rules and laws that we Canadians think are unfair and inhumane? Yes we had to do something for the people. That is what I know.
As for the bumper stickers , If you do not stand behind the troops stand in front of them or word to that effect. Or my daddy fights for your freedom I sort of agree with the thoughts behind them. Former soldiers and current serving soldiers ( no disrespect to airmen and sailors , using soldiers as a general term ) do the jobs that most people would not want to do or even think about doing, unless it looks like fun. Sailors get to do the cool high speed turns in the middle of the ocean and visit various countries with beautiful white sand beaches. ( Some of those beaches have people waiting to bring harm and hurt to the same sailors when they are bringing food and meds to those in need. Airmen all get to take the latest aircraft home for weekend flights to play golf or get to do the airshow PR game and meet and greet with people from all over the country. The same aircrew also gets the call in the middle of the night to go look for a downed aircraft that lost is way in a storm or ran out of fuel, or the aircrew has to go and hunt down and ID an unknow aircraft entering Canadian airspace, or escort Santa Claus across Canadian airspace. This does not include the fun night jumps for the SAR Techs on to a waste land of ice or being lowered downa steel cable in a pitching sea to rescue some one in distress. As for the army guys we get to go mudding in our 4x4s and bigger trucks, get to shoot machine guns and eat cool food that the average joe goes to a camping store and pays big bucks for and pretends he or she is eating army food for the weekend camping trip. But those are the people who forget when Canadians ( or part time Canadians )get stranded in war zones, the army guy is the one protecting them as they get a free ride to what ever the means of escape is out of the war zone.
How do I know this, because I have seen it all second hand and some of it first hand, ( only seen the fun stuff first hand) the hard stuff I have only seen on the all news channels and heard about it over a beer in a mess hall or bar ( hell even heard how tough it is from people who pretend to of done it all)
I am proud of my friends who served, and who are still serving, but I have no bumper sticker on my suv, just happy knowing the troops are ready willing and able to do the job when the call comes. No matter the call, snow storm, ice storm, Search and Rescue, Native protestings, or a full scale military operation like a small war in a distant land.
Did Canada do the right thing by going to Afghanistan? I do not know. Did Canada do the wrong thing by going to Afghanistan? I do not know. Did Canada as a nation have to stand up and do something to help prevent the spread of terrorism, help in the over throw of a government that enforced rules and laws that we Canadians think are unfair and inhumane? Yes we had to do something for the people. That is what I know.
As for the bumper stickers , If you do not stand behind the troops stand in front of them or word to that effect. Or my daddy fights for your freedom I sort of agree with the thoughts behind them. Former soldiers and current serving soldiers ( no disrespect to airmen and sailors , using soldiers as a general term ) do the jobs that most people would not want to do or even think about doing, unless it looks like fun. Sailors get to do the cool high speed turns in the middle of the ocean and visit various countries with beautiful white sand beaches. ( Some of those beaches have people waiting to bring harm and hurt to the same sailors when they are bringing food and meds to those in need. Airmen all get to take the latest aircraft home for weekend flights to play golf or get to do the airshow PR game and meet and greet with people from all over the country. The same aircrew also gets the call in the middle of the night to go look for a downed aircraft that lost is way in a storm or ran out of fuel, or the aircrew has to go and hunt down and ID an unknow aircraft entering Canadian airspace, or escort Santa Claus across Canadian airspace. This does not include the fun night jumps for the SAR Techs on to a waste land of ice or being lowered downa steel cable in a pitching sea to rescue some one in distress. As for the army guys we get to go mudding in our 4x4s and bigger trucks, get to shoot machine guns and eat cool food that the average joe goes to a camping store and pays big bucks for and pretends he or she is eating army food for the weekend camping trip. But those are the people who forget when Canadians ( or part time Canadians )get stranded in war zones, the army guy is the one protecting them as they get a free ride to what ever the means of escape is out of the war zone.
How do I know this, because I have seen it all second hand and some of it first hand, ( only seen the fun stuff first hand) the hard stuff I have only seen on the all news channels and heard about it over a beer in a mess hall or bar ( hell even heard how tough it is from people who pretend to of done it all)
I am proud of my friends who served, and who are still serving, but I have no bumper sticker on my suv, just happy knowing the troops are ready willing and able to do the job when the call comes. No matter the call, snow storm, ice storm, Search and Rescue, Native protestings, or a full scale military operation like a small war in a distant land.
TN2IC
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dapaterson said:
Hey man, I remember catching my first tumble weed in Wainwright. I chased it with an Iltis and stuck a POW tag on it. That's pretty good of me, coming from the Maritimes. Such foreign culture out west. When I mean out west, that's Gagetown and beyond. ;D
