looking at the comments on this thread, im not sure why my country helps at all with the respect were being given
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looking at the comments on this thread, im not sure why my country helps at all with the respect were being given
You claim that we Canadians bug every other country in the world about how much "better" we are than everyone else, and yet you sit behind your computer doing just that.
Do you forget who held down Afghanistan for the years that you were off on a treasure hunt in Iraq?
We've paid our dues over there, we don't need your condescending bullshit.
Oh so you "Held Down Afghanistan"? What with your 3-4,000 troops?
Hah! Good one! That made me smile, it really did. Keep trying though.
And look! ANOTHER Canadian dissenting Iraq. Boy oh boy, they must PAY you guys to shit-talk the Iraq War, huh? I mean it's unanimous!
I think you should calm yourself man. We didn't go into Iraq because our people pretty much unanimously agreed that it was bullshit. The fact that there were no WMDs found is proof enough for us.
You shit talk our government yet you do the same to your own. At least ours is capable of representing our people.
You really need to realize that were on the same side, and that bashing your own allies isn't going to get you any help, or do you think you can go it alone?
This thread really opened my mind to how our brothers in arms think about us, or at least you. Some of the stuff said here is HILARIOUS folk tales about yankee gold LOL. Did any of you even follow Afghanistan 2001- 2008? no? maybe you should do your research when the US said HEY we need someone to take over kandahar province while we forget about this mission, who was the first to raise their hand? it really puts a new light on things for me with appreciation like this. RIP to our fallen, at least Canadians will never forget.
Upsetting to see Mickdonalds talk the way he does, thanks for the respect man.
"And look! ANOTHER Canadian dissenting Iraq. Boy oh boy, they must PAY you guys to shit-talk the Iraq War, huh? I mean it's unanimous!"
Do you even hear yourself? Dude, half your own country was against going into Iraq.
Yes dude, it took 3-4k Canadian troops to hold down Kandahar, while it takes 20k US troops to do the exact same thing.
I know, not all Americans are as ignorant as Mickdonalds, but this guy takes the cake..
That may be true, although i cannot find any concrete proof of it myself. I am also not all that concerned either. Do you believe that Saddam had the capability to use chemical weapons on the West anyway? of course not, it was more a danger if he had given those weapons to terrorist groups or used them to slaughter Kurds. Fact is that he has had those weapons for decades and never used them on us, and neither have any terrorist organizations. Now if we had found a nuclear bomb or something to that nature in Iraq i would have to say that it was necessary to invade, but i never believed that they did and they never found one.
I think we need to get back to the main point of this thread however. It was about NATO asking Canada for more troops to deploy to Afghanistan, not the ethics of invading Iraq.
This thread is going to hell, fast.
Canadian soldiers have fought hard, and they have lost a lot of men.
I understand what a lot of you guys are talking about and I think a lot of it
is true, but stay humble. If Canada ever gets into a war(doubt it, pacifist comment
by eagle noted)we won't get into it, simple.
Ultimately, we were the ones that were attacked, and as long as our people
still have the hunger to keep killing these shit bags that continue to attack us
while we make Afghanistan stable, than we should support OUR troops.
Thank you for your service Canada, but we won't get on our knees and beg.
You're the worlds last hope Mick. For the handicapable. The Brits left you, The Dutch, The Canadians. The biggest allies. You guys seem to want it that way. You've been committed till 2015 so have fun. When you defeat the taliban, which you won't and still have fight left in you, come to anywhere Canada and fish. Relax. Then say what you say. And pick up your fuckin teeth after.
And pick up my teeth after? Zing!
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Yes dude, it took 3-4k Canadian troops to hold down Kandahar, while it takes 20k US troops to do the exact same thing.
God, you Canucks make me laugh with your artificial belief that you'v done so much for A'stan. You took Kandahar province and couldn't hold it down because it's gotten out of control. If anything, your boys failed and failed and failed. But hey, you did get that world sniper distance kill record, am I right?
Thank you for giving your opinion in a civilized manor. However, i do not completely see your point. When you were attacked on 9/11 we did step in to help you. And i have no regrets as far as that is concerned. But why do you feel that you should not help us out if we get into a war? Do you feel that we would start a war for our own national interests? Granted there have been wars that us Canadians refuse to participate in, but only when we believe that it does not make sense for us to do so. We have been the closest of allies for over 100 years, and I do believe it should stay that way.