Canada

[margrace]

From a British newspaper: Canada - It purely volunteer contribution to the cause of freedom in two world wars was perhaps the greatest of any democracy, 10% of Canada's entire population of seven million people

served in the armed forces during the first world war and nearly 60,000 died.The great Alliance victories of 1918 were spearheaded by Canadian Troops, perhaps the most capable troops in the entire British order of Battle.

The second world war provided a rerun. The Canadian navy began the war with a half dozen vessels and ended up policing nearly half of the Atlantic against U-boat attacks. More than 100 Canadian Warships participated in the Normandy Landings, during which 15,000 Canadian soldiers went ashore on D-Day alone.

Canada finished the war with the 3rd largest Navy and the 4th largest air force in the world.

Canadian participation in the war was acknowledged in film only if it was necessary to give an American actor a part in a campaign in which the United States had clearly not participated - a touching scroupulousness which of course Hollywood has since abandoned, as it has any notion of Canadian identity.

The Canadians proudly say of themselves that 1% of the world's population has provided 10% of the worlds peace keeping forces. Of course unheard by anyone else.

[Mr.Canada]

That's why I'm so pissed at the Liberals for taking away our military and making us a laughing stock. We cannot even defend our own borders.

[bush_cheney2004]

....The great Alliance victories of 1918 were spearheaded by Canadian Troops, perhaps the most capable troops in the entire British order of Battle.

An interesting and telling choice of words....perhaps the "British" order of anything was the root cause of such "glorious" opportunities....God Save the Queen!

The second world war provided a rerun. The Canadian navy began the war with a half dozen vessels and ended up policing nearly half of the Atlantic against U-boat attacks. More than 100 Canadian Warships participated in the Normandy Landings, during which 15,000 Canadian soldiers went ashore on D-Day alone.

They didn't go ashore alone (wink wink)

Canada finished the war with the 3rd largest Navy and the 4th largest air force in the world.

But only in one ocean?

Canadian participation in the war was acknowledged in film only if it was necessary to give an American actor a part in a campaign in which the United States had clearly not participated - a touching scroupulousness which of course Hollywood has since abandoned, as it has any notion of Canadian identity.

Is there no Canadian "Hollywood"? We figured Corporal Newkirk (RAF) was enough Commonwealth representation in Hogan's Heroes. The Americans were Canadian in The Other Side of Midnight.

The Canadians proudly say of themselves that 1% of the world's population has provided 10% of the worlds peace keeping forces. Of course unheard by anyone else.

General Hillier disabused Canada of any such "peacekeeping" notions.

[Oleg Bach]

An interesting and telling choice of words....perhaps the "British" order of anything was the root cause of such "glorious" opportunities....God Save the Queen!

They didn't go ashore alone (wink wink)

But only in one ocean?

Is there no Canadian "Hollywood"? We figured Corporal Newkirk (RAF) was enough Commonwealth representation in Hogan's Heroes. The Americans were Canadian in The Other Side of Midnight.

General Hillier disabused Canada of any such "peacekeeping" notions.

That Canada no longer exists. The participants in these conflicts and peace keeping missions - were all of British,Scottish and Irish stock - with a few western and eastern Europeans thrown in. The reason our forces are so small at present is because NONE of our new immigrant arrivals would ever consider joining the military. Once what is left of the decendents of the old anglo guard dies out - there will be no Canadian miliary. Immigrants come to get and not to give - especially their lives to some wanna be imperialist.

[bush_cheney2004]

....The reason our forces are so small at present is because NONE of our new immigrant arrivals would ever consider joining the military. ....

Not true...I specifically remember a Canadian immigrant serving and dying in Iraq back in 2003.....in the US military! Maybe we have better benefits.

Edited November 25, 2008 by bush_cheney2004

[Oleg Bach]

Not true...I specifically remember a Canadian immigrant serving and dying in Iraq back in 2003.....in the US military! Maybe we have better benefits.

"I specifically remember a (one) Canadian immigrant serving and dying in Iraq back in 2003" .....must have been an Iraqi expat//who got smat//.... You might have a better range and quality of artifical limbs...so how many plastic legs are you up to now? 100 thousand?

[bush_cheney2004]

"I specifically remember a (one) Canadian immigrant serving and dying in Iraq back in 2003" .....must have been an Iraqi expat//who got smat//.... You might have a better range and quality of artifical limbs...so how many plastic legs are you up to now? 100 thousand?

Not at all....Cpl. Bernard Gooden USMC was a Canadian imigrant from Jamaica.

http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/20030410082220124/print

Lots of Canucks have served in the US armed forces. We can even recruit First Nations because of the Jay Treaty.

[Oleg Bach]

There was an old arms dealer that was for a while a buisness partner for my sister in a re-financing of Mexican hotels deal - she screwed him (not literally) and the deal went bust. This is just to show you some of the dynamics of international personal trade agreements.

Any way old Earnie explained to me that he was a good guy because he armed BOTH sides during the Iraq and Iranian conflict...I said he was a common blood thirsty crook...well Earnie had another shot of whiskey and blurted out "I was pardoned by Ronald Ragan" ----fancinating stuff...He's Canadian...so I see your point.

[Wilber]

That Canada no longer exists. The participants in these conflicts and peace keeping missions - were all of British,Scottish and Irish stock - with a few western and eastern Europeans thrown in. The reason our forces are so small at present is because NONE of our new immigrant arrivals would ever consider joining the military. Once what is left of the decendents of the old anglo guard dies out - there will be no Canadian miliary. Immigrants come to get and not to give - especially their lives to some wanna be imperialist.

We kiss off the sacrifices of the people who built the country that all these immigrants aspire to come to, because they were of English, Scots and Irish stock and therefore not really Canadian, WTF.