Beaumont Hamel. Normandy. The Somme. The War of 1812.Dieppe.

Canadians that never gave up, ever, no matter what.
What could be scarier than a Canadian who knows he/she's doing the right thing for the right reason?

Canada could probably spare a couple of dozen JTF2s (those not already guarding politicos in Ottawa). We could fly them to Haiti via Air Canukistan, and as a little bonus, they get to keep their frequent flier points?

Paul, how about enough Canadians properly equiped and supported by the country and countrymen they serve doing the right thing for the right reason?

And serving the UN is not the right thing.
Abolish the UN and allow soldiers to soldier, commanders to command and countries to except the glory or the contempt for their actions.

The UN is nothing but a big beauracratic wall behind which hide the most dispicable men and women from around the globe.

Which is a bigger waste of time?

Lobbying for increased Canadian military action?
Lobbying for increased French military action?

Don't take what I just said out of context...I am NOT comparing the militaries of either country(THAT would be a huge waste of time), only the ineffectiveness of their "respective" "governments"...

Paintballs are on sale right now at WALLOW MART.
Send in the CANADIAN ARMY ..NOW WHILE THE AMMO SALE IS IN FULL SWING!

Pathetic policy.....world class buffoons.

THATS OUR LEGACY...enjoy

There is nothing wrong with Canadian soldiers.

Man for man, they are head and shoulders above most of the ill-disciplined rabbles that pass for "armies" in the world.

A battle group of Vandoos could sort out the farcical mess that is Port-au-Prince in a week.

But the UN and our own craven government would never give our boys the rules of engagement they need to get the job done.

And there's the rub: it's not Canadian soldiers* that are the problem, it's the absurd expectations and limitations placed on them by their own government.

* or the French ones - I challenge anyone to try life as a Legionnaire for a week.

Haiti is another of the French colonial cesspools. Condi's reasoning was to send French speaking troops. And if we did send some troops, how about we send them a few thousand bilingual bureaucrats to show the Haitians how to really run a country.

Q. Does anyone know why the French line their avenues with trees?

A. So the German army can march in the shade.

When Canucks finally face up to the FACT that it was the Red Coats (Britain) that the U.S. fought in the War of 1812, then maybe, just maybe they will begin to truly understand the effective use of military force.

As long as you ride the coat-tails things seem good.

Maybe Paulie will send the Coffee man a few rowdy duck hunters to throw a scare into those insergents. Duck hunters seemed to scare Big Paulie and his buddy Chretien badly enough to register them and make them criminally liable....maybe we can export this domestic cult of terror for a good cause?...you got the list just hand pick afew of these evil armed dudes and get 'em on a challenger to the globe's hot spots.

Doug
You might look up the battles of Chateauguay and Crysler's Farm.
Then read "Shock Army of the British Empire" by S.B. Schreiber.

Cheers