Curtis Smith
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/01/03/...et-shuffle.html
Prime Minister Harper today confirmed he would be making the announcements Thursday morning, to shuffle high profile portfolios in his Cabinet. Mr Harper is expected to replace Environment Minister Ambrose for her miss handling of the Environment Ministry in Parliament. I think this will bump up some of his points he has been losing to the Liberals over the past month, and I think this can help him considering the Environment has become a very hot issue over the past year. Rona Ambrose has indeed miss managed the portfolio, through flip flopping and failing to sell the Clean Air Act, and in my understanding has admitted that her self, and it is a fact she has had no experience at all with the environment portfolio. In my opinion, if the Prime Minister puts in the perfect man or woman to take her post, this could very well save him the next election.
The person I think most fit to take her position and why, would defiantly have to be the Indian Affairs Minister or the Industry Minister, as they make good candidates for the post and their are many other Conservative Member's of Parliament that could easily take they’re places, as for the Prime Ministers Pit bull in parliament, he does too well as the Treasury Board President.
What do you guys/gals think?
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Black Dog
Is it the new "cool" thing to start tacking "to secure our freedom" on to every statement, regardless of whether its relevant to what precedes it?
You seem like you know what your talking about,
What do you call it than?Your post took little to no thought at all, other than to prove your own arrogance, your post also proved you have no knowledge of what I have said, or that is really going on in Afghanistan, we are fighting to (I will use a different word now, because secure seems to piss you off.) stabilize and keep tabs on the Taliban.
For a heads up, I only keep saying the same thing over and over again, is because, people like you come a long trying to contradict the actual facts of Afghanistan, so I have to keep saying over and over again until, people like you get the point, and stop trying to slip some "made up fact" about Afghanistan in to this thread.
Done?
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I hope this helps,
Greg
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Thank you for the help Greg, and every one else as well.
Have a great day,
Curtis
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Canada's mission in Afghanistan is listed on the Canadian forces website:
to prevent Afghanistan from relapsing into a failed state that provides a safe haven for terrorists and terrorist organizations. Canada remains committed to the campaign against terrorism and, with our allies, will make a major contribution to the stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan. Canada aims to help Afghanistan become the following:
* A stable nation that is no longer a haven for terrorism;
* A country that meets the needs of its people; and
* A fully integrated part of the international community.
This quote clearly states the canadian view on the war in Afghanistan. It also explains why Canadian/NATO forces can not withdraw from Afghanistan. Should they choose to pursue a course of action involved in pulling out of Afghaistan, the mission will be a failure for terrorist groups will be able to flurish agian and send the country spirling back into the chaotic state it was in before the U.S. Invasion.
There is a reason our forces are in Afghanistan. To provide aid, rebuild the government and destroy the Taliban.
Einar the Dagger
Well said my friend, well said.
I tried going to the Armed Forces website to get that information as well, but it does not work, even though I have typed in the correct URL Address, but that said I also can't get on to the Government of Canada's website www.gc.ca, it is weird.
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I believe that is the point I was making.
I just get a kick out of Brits commenting on Canadians giving Americans Bullets.
No, my friend, if you read my point, clearly you would have noticed that you said we were posturing to the United States with this mission and I said we were not, we were doing the exact opposite, we are taking the load of this mission, in order to stabilize Afghanistan and to secure our freedom.
Ok.11/07/2006
NDP Celebrates Victory For VeteransNDP Veterans First Motion PASSES in the House of Commons
The NDP is the only party that took action to ensure that Veterans, their families and Canadian Forces personnel are taken care of not just during their service days, but throughout their lives.
The Liberals ignored calls from the MILITARY OMBUDSMAN to address unfair deductions and restrictions on the pensions of Veterans and their spouses. The Conservatives promised to fix these problems, but by voting against the motion, broke that promise.
Supporting our troops is more than just a slogan. Veterans and their spouses deserve, dignity, respect and a decent standard of living in their old age.
Here is the information on the VETERANS FIRST motion with regards to injuries…
Eliminates the unfair reduction of SISIP (Service Income Security Insurance Plan) Long Term Disability Benefits from the Medically Released Members of the Canadian Forces so that Veterans are Fairly Compensated for injuries suffered in the line of duty.Eliminates the Deduction from Annuity from retired and disabled Canadian Force members-once again ensuring that veterans are fairly compensated for their injuries.
Back to you
Thank you, but my point still remains, that we are in Afghanistan now, no matter how contradictory Harper’s policy was before that.
I have a shirt with a red beret that I traded for back in the day. “Kill them all Let God Sort em out”That is an interesting strategy. 60 years may not be enough time to kill all these Taliban Supporters..
Well how else do you figure we do it? The Liberal way?(Pay for rehabilitation)
60 years is long indeed, but you kill one terrorist and ten more are trained and ready for battle, so we have to battle it out until we have blown up every last training camp, shoot every last Taliban fighter and blow to hell any country that supports them in the process, IE, Pakistan, Iran, hell if we can do it we should take out Kim while he is watching a movie at his home theatre!
What we need to do to win this war, is to simply be ahead of the game, we need a way to be able to tell that a mile away one of those rats has place an IED on the road, that way we can take out the IED and sniff our the rat and strangle him, easy as that, but unfortunately it is not. So we have to fight like hell, and that unfortunately has a terrible consequence and army guy has most likely had first hand experience with that terrible consequence. War is war and just like world war two it needs to be done in order to keep the world secure and free.
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Curt,
All you have to know is this,read and follow the rules for the MLF forum.
The Supreme Being here on MLW is Greg-Almighty.
Break the rules, and you're a goner.
Welcome to the forum,hope your contributions are worthwhile and your stay is long.
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All right, thanks for the knowledge and the heads up, and of course my contributions shall be worthwhile, you shall soon see my well thought out posts.
Happy New Year
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Yup.
Suuure. Next you can tell him that you don't support the war and you support the Islam in Canada.
jdobbin supports Mehar Arar and considers him a hero.
I........No comment, I refuse to feed the Islamic troll.
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Thank Paul Martin for his ignorance and anti-Americanism. Not to mention the Liberal Conspiracy theories that think it is going to lead to weapons in space, and who told us if we joined, we would be jumping in to Bush's pocket.
I think I would rather set up some silo's that risk being blown to hell if we piss of North Korea some how, even if it does lead to putting pre-emptive strike weapons into space which is probably a few decades or centuries away.
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I think a majority on this forum are siding with the enemy and would actually place their lives above yours. They also find little value in what you are doing.
I want to let you know that you guys have my full respect and and true heros.
Just letting you know.
Actually, I am pretty sure it is the exact opposite my friend. I am sure the majority of posters here do not side with the enemy, and actually find some value and valour in our brave men and woman fighting like army guy.
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Why are we in Afghanistan that is the question. Well, isn't the head of NATO a Canadian General? We all know it was the Libs that placed them there, but for another reason and it is the Harper govt that extending their time there. After doing my own research into this, we are trying to keep the present government in, for the other government, that was in before the US decided to take them out. As one General of the US military said before the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. what's the sense of having a military if you don't use them and they sitting around all the time JUST playing war! I, also wonder who in our government is making any money off this war.
We are in Afghanistan to hunt and kill the Taliban, it is our duty, we owe it to NATO and to our selves in the name of freedom and security to hunt and kill the Taliban before they hunt and kill us.
We have not been attacked yet because of this exact reason, we collect intelligence in Afghanistan about pending attacks on Canada and NATO allies, let us keep it that way, and god bless Canada, the Mission and our troops.
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.I think that was as much posturing towards the US versus showing respect for the troops. That was the intent of the photo opNo, We do not have any reason to kiss Americas ass, we are working just as hard as them to restore freedom to Afghanistan and security to us, we may be doing even more than they are in fact, as we are currently in the most deadly region of Afghanistan well the United States is in Iraq and currently what few troops they do have in Afghanistan are only patrolling already contested regions of Afghanistan. If you ask me Harper is just simply trying to get us back up on the world stage and show everyone that we are not weak, and insignificant Canada that sits back and let's other countries get they're hands dirty.
But Harper and the Conservatives voted against a motion to support soldiers injured in Afghanistan. That isn't a sign of respect to me. The motion passed.Never heard about this, can I have a reference? Even if it did happen, the point is we are there now.
The RCRs, were reduced to "combat ineffective". The first time in my lifetime, that I have heard that term used to describe Canadian Military Unit. That was the combination of Stiff Resistance, and two US Warthogs, targeting our troops once again.Your statement above, is factual, although, I would refrase that to Security for the Karzai government. And the intent to provide security to the Western World requires the use of JTF2, SAS and US Special forces, as well as political pressure on Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. The US's longtime partners in the spread of Islamic Fundamentalism.
The question is, how many "Taliban" do you expect to kill with 2,200 troops, and when do you expect the killing to stop?
We already have JTF2 in Afghanistan but they are currently focussed on the capture of Bin Laden and in doing so are working in the volatile mountains of Afghanistan. Although you have a point about political pressure on Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, I think we should be doing more than that, I think NATO should be forcing them to either co-operate or risk having NATO soldiers blasting down the gates in to they're country, especially Pakistan, that is the only way this war will be effective.
As for how many Taliban we can expect to kill with so little troops, I really can not answer that, if I were Prime Minister, I would be boosting the defence budget significantly (definantly more than Harper has) and work on recruitment. I would say we need at least three times the troops we have in there now in order to be an effective, and more focused force in Afghanistan.
The killing will not stop until we have killed, turned, or captured every last Taliban fighter or terrorist supporter in the world. No one said this would be easy; I could be 60 before we ever finish this war.
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Or maybe the "new" government hasn't clarified what we are doing in Afghanistan. I mean, Chretien and Martin didn't have much of a problem with the publics perception of our mission. Of course it could be that Chretien/Martin respected the troops, didn't use them for photo-ops, and flew the flag at half mast with respect and mourning when one of our soldiers sacrificed their lives in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
Then there is the fact that 38 soldiers died since Steve was elected.
Cretien and Martin were exactly the opposite of Harper, Harper visited out troops to show that we were behind them all the way and, that he did respect them. Cretien and Martin could not give a damn about our troops slashing funding, and than start pulling them out to safer areas once the going got rough.
Someone in this forum stated very well why we are not putting the flag at half mass, and that is because it will turn in to a "yo-yo."
To end this, 38 soldiers did not die since "Steve" was elected, 38 soldiers died because they are fighting courageously in the heart of the Taliban land to restore freedom to Afghanistan, and security to the western world, and to rebuild. As much as you do not want to here this our soldiers are KILLING Taliban and that does not come at no cost to our troops.
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I am new to this forum, and I have one question about it, Does Greg own this entire website or has he just been given the title as administrator/moderator for this discussion forum?
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No Curtis, you've got this all wrong.
CBC doesn't need to make better, more competitive programing. That's the problem. They compete with Global and CTV and the such, yet get an additional $1b payment every year to do it.
How can anyone compete? CBC undercuts the commerical market because they can afford to... the government pays their bills.
CBC, if it should exist at all, must be limited to only commerical unviable programming with fully national scope and interest.
I agree, and I think in a few years CBC will have no government funding and move in to mainstream television and marketing. But if they have bored all its viewers to death by than, how can they possibly make profits through advertisements to keep they're programs running?
They need to gain an audience now before they go from Government funded program, to a public corporation.
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The problem here is that Canada signed agreements with the natives and their successors long ago and they have special status in the constitution, like Catholics do. I find such exceptions and special treatment ridiculous but Canada has to honour its agreements.
These agreements were made hundreds of years ago. Why should we have to honour something that has been long forgoten?
What our government has to do now is take every native treaty, review it, and decide what is in the best interests for this country and the people of all minorities.
All that the treaties are doing right now is giving an Indian an excuse to camp on a plot of land for a year like Caledonia, and now in some areas that get to do something a non native would get thrown in jail for, hunting in the dark using headlights, because they claim they're ancestors did it. First off that’s not only stupid and can get you killed, but second, I don't think they're ancestors used high beams to flash lights at the dear in those days.
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I honestly think it may be a show worth watching. CBC needs to lighten up a little bit, for years it has only aired the news, sports and other lame movies paid by the Canadian Tax Payer. But now it has totally changed its out look, just to name one, the show "Intelligence" It is very interesting and some what of an eye opener, that Canada does not only rely on foreign intelligence services for its Intel gathering, but collects it's own.
If you open your eyes an inch as well, their are many shows that mock Christianity and Judaism, and you don't hear anyone crying a tear for that, why is it just when a minority group is singled out, it is considered an atrocity? So un-doubtfully it will not be the first TV program to mock religion.
Little Mosque on the Parries is just another one of those funny shows, but really has no plot to them but stupidity, just like Trailer Park Boys.
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We are in Afghanistan not only as a NATO obligation, but also as an obligation to ourselves, freedom and defence. We are trying to hunt down the Taliban and prevent them from gaining a foothold in the democratic world by using countries like Afghanistan as a training ground.
I find it interesting right now that we, and NATO are not in Pakistan, I think they have a worse turnout for the Taliban than Afghanistan does and Pakistan is not fully co-operating with us, I think in order for this to be called a war on terror, we should be hitting all countries that support the Taliban with everything NATO has and that includes Pakistan and its corrupt military government.
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I just wanted to say thanks. To all Canadians for all the support that you have shown the Canadian soldier, myself included. I also want to thank all those that have sent cards, presents,letters, it was truly mind boggling the amount that arrived here thousands upon thousands of them. The show of support is overwhelming and is really appriciated by all of us.
I really want to thank all of those friends and strangers who truly made my X-mas HLTA one to remember, from the standing ovation me and some of my comrads recieved at the TO airport bar on our arrival, and the one i recieved at the legion my dad drug me to.
thanks.
But i really want to thank my wife and kids who really made this earily X-mas one to remember.
I want to wish everyone a happy new year, may this year be a better one for everyone.
Indeed, I sent a few letters out to our courageous troops fighting for our freedom as well. I wish them all the best in 2007 and to be safe while on the field.
God bless Canada
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Happy new year everyone, I hope I shall make some wonderful contributions to this forum in '07.
Cheers
-C.Smith
Harper to Shuffle Cabinet
in Federal Politics in Canada
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Indeed you are right, you make a good point. I never meant to say that I back Dion and his Environment Policy at all, and I do feel sorry for Ambrose because she did try. But hasn't all this propaganda by the obviously left CBC made Canadians believe this is a hot issue?