“Canadians Not Targeted”

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A crazed Islamofascist with amphetamine courage pounding in his veins loads a taxi with explosives, and hurtles into a clearly marked military convoy and the arms of 72 heavily recycled virgins.
Allah Akbar.
The CBC reports;
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Translation:

“Be assured, ye faithful CBC masses, that there is no similarity whatsoever between this misguided and disoriented Taliban, that, but for the tragic coincidence that internationally revered Canadian Peacebringers crossed its path, would have detonated harmlessly in an explosion of chick peas and goat meat – and those brave militants who struggle heroically to evict Bush’s fascist agents of BIG OIL from the Sacred Land Of Saddam.”

After the break, Neil MacDonald’s “Reality Check”.
A reader comments;

I read that the 3 soldiers were taken to a US military hospital in Germany. Thank you America.

I second that.

80 Replies to ““Canadians Not Targeted””

  1. Darn good thing for the people of Afghanistan that it isn’t an oil rich nation, otherwise we would not be able to have a presence there and assist in the defeat of a tyranical dictatorship.
    Maybe the Iraqis are just unlucky that they are sitting on all that oil wealth.

  2. CBC types don’t even want to acknowledge the 24 dead Canadians from the World Trade Center attacks, it’s like they don’t even count in their self-righteous little world.
    Turning Afghanistan back over to the Taliban may make CBC-types happy in the short term, but after they re-start the terrorist training camps and shooting women who step outside of their houses, one would hope that even the left could see that these are bad things.

  3. Sad,
    You give them way too much credit. Like hoping a schizophrenic will be cured with no outside help or medication.

  4. Just to insult to the injury, that dumbshit Paul Martin referred to the three soldiers as injured. Listen you dumbass politico – they’re wounded, not injured. Injuries happen when you drop a hammer on your foot or cut yourself shaving. When a jihadi zombie tries to kill you – that’s wounded.

  5. The bomber attacked the convoy as it was returning to the coalition forces base near Kandahar on Sunday.
    Geez, what’s your basic not-intending-to-harm-Canadians bomber to do when all white guys look alike?
    Glad the CBC clarified the bomber’s poor preparedness, otherwise you could really, really be mad at him.

  6. If Canadian troops now attack Taliban “militants” I wonder if CBC’s Neil MacDonald will refer to the “cycle of violence” that continues in the Middle East…er… I mean Afghanistan.

  7. BTW – Our 3 injured soldiers were airlifted by US helicopters and taken to a US medical base and then flown by US aircraft to the US hospital in Germany. I am not making this up.

  8. Not only were they taken to a US military hospital they were flown out with US Blackhawk helicopters…maybe Martin and Layton should bash the Americans some more!

  9. A Yankee comment, from one in The Great Satan-
    A heartfelt Thank You to those brave wounded Canadian soldiers. You have sacrificed in a noble cause! Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your families.
    A side note: all the Canadian and British wounded in Afghanistan are medevac’ed to one of several US Army field hospitals in Afghanistan. (Not sure about what happens with other European troops who get wounded. As their contingents of troops are even smaller, I’d guess they don’t have their own field hospitals attached and that the US Army cares for them as well, but I haven’t read anything about that.)
    As is happening now with these Canadian casualties, after medical stabilization, those seriously enough wounded are then immediately flown to the big US Army Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, with it’s sophisticated specialist facilities. (This is also where our Iraq and Afghanistan wounded GIs are sent, before coming home to the US.)
    I’m NOT commenting this to crow-I’m very glad we’re able to help our brave Allies.
    I just note that the Canadian leftist MSM ingraciously either ignores this, or begrudgingly very briefly mentions it as an aside in the article.

  10. Well, if PMPM is ever in a car accident on the USA side of the border and expects to get rescued by a Canadian military helicopter, he can kiss his ass goodby, cause they won’t be delivering them for another six years. AHHHHHHHH…just bad timing I guess Paulie. You can thank your buddy JC for cancelling the contract back in 93.

  11. Dave our left are as bad as your left .Thats why on behalf of serving members of our military I thank you America for treating our wounded and may God Bless America.

  12. I wonder what our poor soldiers were driving in when the bomb went off. Might it be the one of the Magna-Steyr Mercedes Benz G-Class military 4 x 4’s?
    I don’t know if anyone else followed that story where our Canadian military purchased the vehicles from Canada’s very own Magna International, which owns Magna-Steyr. We could have purchased the proven Hum-V through a U.S. source at a cheaper price. The Hum-V by all accounts is a superior military vehicle, I wonder how Magna-Steyr got the order?
    God bless our Canadian soldiers.

  13. One little statistical point I’d like to make. Each Canadian wounded or killed, in demographic terms, is like 30 in the United States. In otherwords, to have the same impact socially as a per capita factor multiply each Canadian casualty by 30. Compared to the USA demographic, we just had 30 diplomats killed and 90 soldiers wounded. And, there will be a lot more.
    Without the US forces and the support they offer, we’d do best to just stay at home. Those who bash the American forces, yet praise Canadian forces are the lowest of the low, in my opinion. Those who have supported continued cuts to our military in their “progressive” wisdom are regressive in my opinion. With Iran becoming increasingly radical, our men and women in Afghanistan are going to be in for fight. If they aren’t released to do agressive counter terrorism operations, the situation will only get worse. It is time the “progressives” stepped aside and let the big kids do the hard work. When the smoke clears, the “progressives” can come back out and play.

  15. To “A Yankee Comment”,
    Believe me when I say that we know you are not crowing and that we realize we need to work in harmony with the U.S.A. The only crowing we have heard lately is coming from a sad, inept and morally bankrupt Liberal party and their leader whose time, mercifully, has run out.

  17. Kate,
    Keep hitting the CBC hard on their atrocious coverage of GWOT, including the Liberation of Iraq – which they (appropriately describing their coverage) captioned: “Attack on Iraq”.

  18. As an American living in Edmonton, married to a Canadian, I was so sad to hear about this. Canadian troops always fight incredibly hard and use what equipment they have as best they can. Believe me, we Americans are only too happy to lend whatever supplies and facilities they need.
    Anyway, happy note: U.S. military hospitals are basically gov’t healthcare (tho usually as good as private hospitals), so no worries about patronizing anything “private” . . .

  19. I’m glad that Harper will be in when our commitment climbs to 2500 soldiers and the battle with its inevitable casualties begins in earnest. Paul Martin was pathetic in commenting on this.

  20. Debris Trail… The US is only 10x bigger than Canada (although their armed forces is probably 30x). I think it’s dangerous to equate lives of one nationality to another (especially to close allies). Every life lost (whether Canadian or American or innocent bystander) on the cause of fighting this war on terrorism should be mourned equally.
    Yankee Dave from the Great Satan :-), thank you for your comments. Although there are very vocal Canadian’s who like some on your Liberal left gloat when those fighting for democracy get killed or wounded, the vast majority of Canadian’s don’t feel that way and feel the pain of the loss as a result of these Islamofacists.

  21. December 20, 2004
    Gadaffi visit
    What a strange guy? A complete crackpot but as Bush and Blair have endorsed him I’d better do the same
    His outfit looked like a set of bedclothes and apparantly that’s quite appropriate
    He told me although he is not really worried about assasination attempts he still keeps up the pretence in Libya. That way he can justify continuing to sleep in a different bed every night. The husband is forced to vacate but the wives are encouraged to remain. Even allowing for abstaining during religious holiday, he reckons he has slept with 10,000 different women since the coup in 1969! His hero is Wilt Chamberlain
    Of course I’m a family man but on the other hand how can I be a good Catholic without experiencing guilt
    According to him, Saddam Hussein pulled the same trick in Iraq and Bush invaded solely from “conquest envy”
    Hope we don’t need to reciprocate on a visit. If so, 24 Sussex will definitely be out of bounds
    Posted At : 7:52 PM. | Posted By : PMthePM |>>
    http://www.paulmartinsblog.com/canadaspm/client/index.cfm

  23. Even the title is insightful:
    “Medic emerges as heroic figure in Afghan convoy tragedy”
    I can’t recall suicide bombings in Iraq or Israel ever titled as a “tragedy”.
    The cbc, what a tragedy of taxpayer dollars.

  24. Americans will always owe Canadians a few :-). You guys fight for your own corner and leave when the pub is closed :-).
    Bloody shame you guys got targeted like this. I have no doubt whatsoever if it was a German or Eastern European convoy, the results would have been the same. “The West” seems to be a conveinent pin cushion.

  25. Not going to Iraq doesn’t mean that Al Quida isn’t willing to kill themselves over something like a Canadian diplomat.
    Thanks USA for taking care of our soldiers, Lord knows our idiot PM doesn’t care.

  26. Randy:
    I’m not qualified to argue the merits of the G Wagon vs the Humvee but last year I did attend a presentation by a Canadian soldier (officer) who just returned from Afghanistan. He stated very clearly they preferred less rather than more when it came to such vehicles. By that he meant they wanted to be in a position of having good eye contact with the locals in order to establish a raport. ANother example IMO of the quality of these chaps. Too bad the people in charge in Ottawa are goofballs – the military deserve better.

  27. In Kandahar, Borland said attacks on coalition forces have become more frequent. “Contrary to previous years, there is not a winter lull,” he said.
    He said there is no indication that Sunday’s attack was aimed specifically at Canadians. The attackers do not differentiate between the groups that make up the coalition, he said.
    Do you people read the report or do you let Kate plant discontent in your heads without any thoughts of your own.
    I far one am not a big CBC booster but for the sake of my sanity please don’t follow every thing written down as the Gospel according to Kate.
    Clearly it was the Commanding Officer of The Canadian Forces in Kandahar who suggested that there was no indication Canadians were targeted. For once the CBC was actually doing what they suppose to and that is report.
    These blogs are turning into a mob mentallity and seem to now cater to the lowest common denominator. If I want to see spin and puer opinionating I’ll get my news from the MSM

  28. Dave,
    As a naturalized citizen of Canada (having immigrated from England in 1957) I am ashamed at the false pride many Canadians, whether native-born or naturalized, display in bashing the US at every opportunity. I am reminded of the movie “The Mouse That Roared”, which depicted the US as stupidly self-obsessed, so much so that it could be conquered by a boatload of backward, bow-and arrow-carrying misfits. Mr. Harper and his CPC can do much to instil REAL pride in this broken nation of ours. Genuine pride recognizes merit – false pride simply evidences our profound feelings of inferiority. Why did we go so wrong?
    Thank God and the US for looking after our wounded soldiers. Our present government sure as hell can’t.

  29. Jim, yeah I read that.
    You got a point in there, somewhere?
    Or did you decide to bloviate when you saw the “Trolls are Welcome” sign out front?

  30. This is up on the CBC website:
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/about/burman/20060116.html
    The author, Tony Burman, is the Editor in Chief of CBC News. Tony attempts to explain CBC’s editorial policy regarding the federal election.
    Mr. Burman cites american journalist and author Walter Lipman circa 1922 to clarify CBC’s editorial position.
    An excerpt:
    The press, wrote famed American journalist Walter Lippmann in 1922, was “like the beam of a searchlight that moves restlessly about, bringing one episode and then another out of darkness into vision.”
    But Lippmann felt there were real limits to what the media could accomplish. Unbiased news and better reporting could not replace the work of political institutions. Truth and news were not the same thing, he wrote. “The function of news is to signalize an event, the function of truth is to bring to light the hidden facts.”
    So am I to understand that truth is considered to be a minor factor in CBC’s editorial policy??
    I suppose that would explain an awfull lot about their campaign coverage.
    Mr. Burman goes on to explain:
    An important part of the CBC’s approach has been to do what doesn’t come naturally to those of us who are journalists: To get out of the way. To let democracy, in all its contradictory and messy ways, actually express itself in as pure a form as possible.
    I agree Tony, your guys have sure made a mess of things. This sounds like a little old fashioned boot licking. “Sorry about that Mr. Harper, we did our best”.
    Just like your current masters, I think it’s too little too late.
    I hope your resume is current.
    Syncro

  31. Sorry Eagle but I post here regularily and unfortunately they don’t have a sign which says please check brain upon entering.

  32. Jim, but you obviously did so. It was your suggestion after all.
    If you don’t like it here–hit the road. We’re here because we got sick of your filthy digs. We don’t go back and shit on your floor, so if you do the same here, you WILL get your ass kicked.

  33. Just another tidbit from Mr. Burmans article:
    There is a frequent disconnect between journalists and the public, and we at the CBC acknowledge the problem. That’s what we want to try to change. Humility is not a bad thing, even if it’s only embraced late in life. That’s at the heart of many of the renewal initiatives currently underway at CBC News.
    I also find it interesting that Mr. Burman’s web page has only two posts. Todays and one dated Jan. 9, 2006.
    It is indeed late in life Tony. I salute your keen sense of the obvious.
    Syncro

  34. Doug what are you talking about?
    If you can’t support what your writing then don’t post.
    Did you read the report do you have something intelligent to say or are you part of the mob. Either way bring it on

  35. I find it interesting that one of the commissars of PRAVADA (a division of Libcor) finds it timely to explain himself.
    Does he see his cozy little world evaporating no matter how hard he and his minions have tried to keep the truth from the masses.
    Bwahahahaha

  37. I guess all of our allies’ hospitals (Cuba, North Korea, China) must have been full…
    As for the CBC, someone is paying $10,000 to put Rick Mercer on the Tory election trail this week, in the cause of sticking it to Harper.
    Is that ‘someone’ you and me?

  39. Hey Jim, this is not the Gospel according to Kate. This is Kate’s blog, we’re here for her opinions and thoughts, her take on what is happening in the world. We are fans, not minions.

  41. I’m with Jim on this: it was LCol Borland who told the reporter there was no indication Canadians had been specifically targetted. The CBC just reported what the deputy commander told them.
    There’s institutional bias in the CBC, no doubt, but this isn’t an example of it.

  42. I do not share the same view as Jim (not anywhere close actually), but I believe he is entitled to his opinion. Let’s stay away from the mob mentality comments Jim.
    As one of Kate’s regular readers, I do see differing opinions here on a regular basis. But Jim you don’t have to insult because of your differing opinion. The way you phrased your comment was insulting. Keep your insults to a low roar and maybe we’ll give your comments some merit.
    Just my opinion as a fellow reader/poster.
    Randy

  43. Jim,
    To prove you are a toothless moron you will have to submit your photo. Your comments tell only half the story.
    Ha ha ha ha ha!

  44. If you blindly mirror Kates opinions even when they are clearly wrong you belong to the mob, and not “mob” as in organized crime. Like I said earlier I read blog opinions hoping that they will reflect the truth otherwise you are no different than the MSM you so relish in bashing.
    Just pick your fights a little more intelligently.

  45. Jim, I just re-read the article, and as it stands “No indication Canadians were targeted” is not attributed as a Quote to anyone, so I guess your wrong, unless you have another source for the quote. Please post it if you do. Otherwise, Tada!

  46. I hate to say this but it looks like PRAVDA actually reported the news this time and didn’t try to spin the usual LLL crapola.
    Jim; go easy on us. We are all on hair triggers for trolls and MSM lies. The last few weeks have been intense.
    After the election we will regain composure.

  48. just wonder, can you read, read the article and ask yourself does it not say “he said” atributing the comment to
    “In Kandahar, Borland said attacks on coalition forces have become more frequent. “Contrary to previous years, there is not a winter lull,” he said.
    He said there is no indication that Sunday’s attack was aimed specifically at Canadians. The attackers do not differentiate between the groups that make up the coalition, he said. ”
    Enough is enough, what is the real motivation in this post. Blame the CBC for attack. Such rubish, why don;t you have a more focused debate on what actually occurred here. One Canadian Civilian Killed and 3 Soldiers critically injured or are they more cooateral damage in the Bush war on Terror. You would think the world had no problems except for the media, which is clearly responsible for this tradgedy.
    Give your noggins a good shake. Do a little introspection then reply again if you have anything intelligent to add.

  49. Thank You US for your support, as always.
    Having worked with US military in the past I would have not expected any less.
    My question is, will the Veteran Affairs famous quote apply, “Did not arise out of nor was it directly connected with service in peace time” or did CBC ruin it for Veteran Affairs Review Board by making it public that Canada had soldiers wounded in a conflict.
    I would love to have a blog on Canadian Veteran Affairs and its illegal practices.

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