CP and CTV looked at the Auditor General's report "Support for Overseas Deployments - National Defence" (pdf) and came up with this headline: "Supply lines to Afghanistan rife with problems: AG."
I looked at the same report at The Torch, and found that on Page 1 of the document, the AG specifically gave the following pat on the back to DND support staff:
National Defence has been able to deliver to troops its equipment and supplies that they need to do the job in Afghanistan. While we did note that commanders have expressed concerns over some supply chain shortcomings, we found no reports of supply chain problems that had significantly affected operations. This is largely because the high level of dedication and hard work of Canadian Forces personnel enabled them to deliver the needed support.
For those who don't speak governmental bureaucratese, that's pretty high praise for the men and women on the ground doing the grunt work of getting people and materiel into the hands of the troops at the tip of the spear.
If you're interested in the never-ending military logistics balance between improving the system, and going outside of it in situations that require "effects-based initiative", you can read the rest of my analysis here.
Posted by Damian at May 9, 2008 10:25 AMA better headline would be, "News reporting in Canada rife with stupidity".
Posted by: Belisarius at May 9, 2008 10:43 AMAmen to that Belisarius ....
Posted by: OMMAG at May 9, 2008 10:50 AM
They don't call it the Hope & Flail for nothing
x3 on Belisarius comment.
I was told by a reliable source that Canada's logistics people are absolutely top shelf.
Posted by: the bear at May 9, 2008 11:23 AMYou can't handle the TRUTH.... LOL
CTV is an embarassment and I refuse to watch it any more. Kevin Newman is a joke....he is a global warming fanatic and his personal views carry over into what he reports as "news".
Posted by: John Luft at May 9, 2008 11:35 AMCould we interpret the AG's words to mean the beaurocracy at DND knows there stuff,is non-partisan, has no agenda, only committment to get the job done and do it well...?
Unlike the other left over beaurocracies...
I agree , CTV is an embarrassment and I also refuse to watch the constant parade of pro-Liberal, anti-US, anti-Harper , anti-Israel crap coming from CTV.
The entire MSM has degenerated into negative tabloid reporting , and I have yet to see much if any positive news lately about anything.
Posted by: Brian at May 9, 2008 12:31 PM"Canadian Armed Forces Populated by Dedicated and Competent Personnel: AG"
Despite “shortcomings in the supply chain”, Canada’s military has satisfactorily supported “an overseas mission of a scale the Canadian Forces has not seen since the Korean War” says the Auditor General.
“…these deficiencies [in the supply chain] had not significantly affected operations as the Canadian Forces was able to adapt and adjust” and “this was often due more to the concerted efforts of personnel rather than by the system’s design”
All of which supports the military adage that People are our most valuable asset!
I feel much better now.
Posted by: glasnost at May 9, 2008 3:33 PMExactly, Glasnost. *applause!*
Unfortunately, your brand of journalism doesn't sell enough advertising, apparently, so you're fired. We're hiring the hack who can sensationalize anything and everything under the sun. /sarcasm
Posted by: Damian at May 9, 2008 6:29 PMIt's only the news, why should you expect things like accuracy, or honesty? Any facts that do not fit their agenda are not worth reporting.
Posted by: Enkidu at May 9, 2008 6:31 PMbecause of where they sit on the channel selection Im hopeless stuck returning to CBCpravda and CTV(tass) like a dog to his own vomit.
regurgitated stories of Brenda (Cindy Boo Hoo)Martin and the Khadrs , Omar the perpetual 14 year old , mama and the bag sisters which have become an obsession with CBCpravda along with their false expansive view of global warming.
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