20 Replies to “A Tribute Video”

  2. Take up our quarrel with the foe:
    To you from failing hands we throw
    The torch; be yours to hold it high.
    If ye break faith with us who die
    We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
    In Flanders fields.

  3. Finally, the general populace is becoming cognizant of the magnitude of the tasks our troops are trying to accomplish. Hopefully, this will raise enough awareness to create the political will to increase the Forces and adequately provide them with the much needed equipment and support they so desperately need.The video and slides are extremely well done.

  5. A stirring visual….seeing real Canadian patriots as opposed to the phoney ones manufactured by the cloistered Trudeaupian nattering class.
    At the expense of being branded “harsh” there is damn little in Afghanistan worthy of the life of even one Canadian. These idealistic young patriots died in the cause of spreading democracy….I wonder if those they died for even appreciate it.

  6. It is nice to see Canadian support and recognition for our troops. It was all too absent during my service. I hope this is a sign of a shift in Canada.

  7. I suspect the Afgani’s probably have a greater appreciation of democracy then most Canadians do,sadly.

  8. Wl Mackenzie “A stirring visual….seeing real Canadian patriots as opposed to the phoney ones manufactured by the cloistered Trudeaupian nattering class.”
    I was moved as well, let’s keep it above partisan politics shall we?

  9. I agree with Gordon. When you look at what the grandfather of the sick little boy had to say about all the other countries that had been there to “help” yet Canadians were the first to come through & show they really want to make a difference. Providing that child with the chance to finish his life in relative comfort, I suspect, went much further in the hearts & minds of the locals than any patrols could do.

  11. My girlfriend belongs to a group that was active in helping Afgani women even prior to 911. The stories I’ve heard would you make you cry.
    After the Northren Alliance rolled into Kabul A journalist with a lot of years spent covering the Tailban saw somethisng she had’nt seen in Kabul in almost a decade….. children lauging and playing.
    The next time you ‘re asked by someone if we’ve done the right thing in Afganistan you can tell them. “Yeah we did”.

  13. A good presentation, but Kate if you can get back to the creator of the piece have him correct his typo near the end – should be Saint not Staint.
    GRK

  14. Quite appropriate. Thank you to the person who created this. It’s a shame most Canadians are so caught up in their day to day existance that they don’t really comprehend the incredible job our troops are doing in Afghanistan.
    In a part of the world that has had such a rough and time over the last 50 years the people (while not out of the woods yet) have something to look forward to. We can all hope that it’s PEACE and a better life.
    RB

  15. Jose said: “I was moved as well, let’s keep it above partisan politics shall we?”
    Unfortunately the left has defined Canadian patriotism by partisanism. You know full well that the Liberal decades have defined Canadian patriotism with flakey leftist values….one of wich is a disrespect for the armed forces and the real purpose they fight….to defend democracy.
    I merely pointed to the contrast between the committed traditional patriotism of these Canadian soldiers and the politicized patriotism vulgarly propagated by the statist left…. this in no way detracts from the respect due or ideals these fallen soldiers held….if anything it symbolises them.

  16. WL.MACK…yup..the little boy has cancer of the mouth…the church here in edmonton took up the cause..the rest is up too you.

  17. On CTV’s “Question Period”, February 26, Minster of National Defence O’Connor said Canadian troops at Kandahar, Afghanistan, were not there to conduct combat operations.
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060227.AFGHANISTAN27/TPStory/National
    Yet a “National Post” story, January 25, states that the commander of the Canadian battle group at Kandahar, Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Hope,
    ‘… plans to take the offensive against the suicide bombers and those who train and support them. “We’ll never be able to stop them completely, but we will continue to do the active offensive operations to counter them and deter them.”‘
    http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=8ad57e5d-b6ef-4d22-8ff6
    Has Canada’s mission changed in the last month or is Mr O’Connor being economical with the truth?
    Mark
    Ottawa

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