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Grokca
Member # 722
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To American service men out there, If you see a Canadian Flag don't fire on them. 4 dead is enough.
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Ritten
Member # 417
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We, sincerly appologize...... Mistakes do happen...........
or.........
That is for turning all of you statements in to questions..... eh?
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TSN
Member # 31
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Erm... What?
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The_Tom
Member # 38
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You too can join the fight against ignorance!
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Wraith
Member # 779
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Why am I not surprised?
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TSN
Member # 31
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Interesting that this was on neither cnn.com nor msnbc.com when I checked them before saying "Erm... What?". But, then, I suppose the other thread already covers that, now.
And there are Canadians in Afghanistan? I didn't know that. I thought the US military invaded the country all by itself.
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Ritten
Member # 417
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Yes, well, we would have been, but we took the Canadian ambassador hostage, and well, you get the picture.....
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BlueElectron
Member # 281
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quote: And there are Canadians in Afghanistan? I didn't know that. I thought the US military invaded the country all by itself.
I don't know if this was brought to discussion on other threads, but I always thought while fighting terrorism is good, the military operation that's taking place in Afganistan is actually illegal and could be interpret as a invasion on the part of the American...
If that's true, how come no one's is or was saying anything to stop it?
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Sol System
Member # 30
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Possibly, and I say this only tenetively, because it isn't?
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EdipisReks
Member # 510
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well, 1: it's an international force, 2: an illegitimate/criminal regime was toppled, and 3: a legal government (which supports the action) was set up. i don't see any problems.
--jacob
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TSN
Member # 31
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Well, I still call it an invasion.
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Wraith
Member # 779
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quote: Originally posted by TSN: And there are Canadians in Afghanistan? I didn't know that. I thought the US military invaded the country all by itself.
Yep, and Brits. The Royal Marines are doing a lot of the fighting now.
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Ritten
Member # 417
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For most of the larger actions the US Gov't does try to gain partners in crime, smaller ones, Panama and the like, they will do without others.... Call them live fire training exercises....
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colin
Member # 217
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The tally as far as I can remember: American Death Toll 23 killed in accidents 10 killed by the enemy 3 killed by friendly fire
Many of those accidents were associated with a type of helicopter.
Frankly, I am dismayed. We are told that our military is the best. We are told the military equipment is the best. If true, why do we have so many dying from accidents? If true, why can't we do better at hitting targets or identifying targets before hitting said targets?
I remember an event from WWII where hundreds of American servicemen were killed in Europe when bombers bombed them inadvertently. We seem to have a long history of hitting our side, especially from the air.
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Malnurtured Snayer
Member # 411
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Colin, just because something is the best doesn't mean there aren't accidents. Machines fail. Sometimes because they get shot up. Sometimes in the confusion of combat.
It happens.
It doesn't mean it's not the "best" ... it means its not perfect.
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Wraith
Member # 779
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Actually ,while the US military is the best equipped in the world, its training is often a shambles and they're not exactly the most professional ever...
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Ritten
Member # 417
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As far as accidents go you need to look at the numbers of helicopters in use, thousands..... Helicopters are very complex machines, prone to accidents just by the sheer number of moving parts...
I am looking for the International Institute of Strategic Studies, which publishes a great reference on all militaries information, based on a great many sources. The Air Force used to print NATOs info for their yearly almanac..... They may again, but they stopped in the mid 80's....
http://www.iiss.org/scripts/index.asp [ April 21, 2002, 09:09: Message edited by: Ritten ]
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Fedaykin Supastar
Member # 704
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My dad's a fixed-wing aircraft pilot and he tells me he'll never set foot in a helicopter if he had a choice, he reckons the things shouldnt be allowed to fly!
Buzz
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U//Magnus
Member # 239
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My uncle flies Rotorcraft, and he's a silly insane bastard who smells very badly.
But, I'm sure he'd have smarmy things to say about planes. But I don't know for sure. So, don't quote me or anything.
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TSN
Member # 31
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"...don't quote me or anything." -U//Magnus, 3. May 2002
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U//Magnus
Member # 239
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You are a saucy lad.
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