CANADA'S top secret commandos were awarded the prestigious U.S. Presidential Unit Citation yesterday for their heroism in rooting out Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. It's only the second time that Canadian soldiers have received the honour.An undisclosed number of Joint Task Force 2 members travelled to California to receive the battle honour from U.S. President George Bush.
Canadian commandos joined the front lines in the hunt for Taliban and al-Qaida agents in late 2001, scouring caves in Afghanistan's mountains and setting the groundwork for military units such as the Princess Pats.
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"They established benchmark standards of professionalism, tenacity, courage, tactical brilliance and professional excellence while demonstrating superb esprit de corps and maintaining the highest measure of combat readiness," the citation reads.
The citation commends the 100% mission success rate "while operating under extremely difficult and constantly dangerous conditions."
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Top secret Canadian commandos of Joint Task Force 2 were awarded the coveted U.S. Presidential Unit Citation by George W. Bush yesterday in California. It's for their work helping U.S. forces oust the despotic Taliban regime of Aghanistan, which gave... [Read More]
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The odds that Canada will honour these soldiers; about zero. The very idea of a military is so much at odds with the self-delusional ideology of our ruling elites that their heads would probably explode if they tried to entertain the possibility of acknowledging the contribution and sacrifice our troops have made. We're shielded from the real world by the U.S. which allows us to perpetuate myths about peace keeping, the U.N. and "Soft Power". I hope when the wake-up call comes some these guys will still be in the Armed Forces.
Posted by: Thom L at December 8, 2004 11:56 PMJTF2 is ment to be as secret as possible, It would make perfect sense if the government did not honour them publically. WE ARN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT THEM to begin with.
U.S. acts as a Shield for Canada?.... the word you are looking for is LIGHTNING ROD.. as in when we follow their foriegn policy.. they act as a lightning rod of hate for Canada.
I just hope the government continues to give JTF2 all the funding they need, and increases the Military budget (yes, even someone who isn't a member of the Conservative Party of Canada knows our military needs more money).
Posted by: Travis Smith at December 16, 2004 8:40 PMfuck em all,let the jtf2 kick ass like its supposed to. no medals,no citations,just kick ass and take names just like the volunteers who make up the team signed up for
Posted by: sebastian at December 16, 2004 9:18 PM