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Here's how it works: The mission succeeds, the NDP loses ground. The mission fails, the NDP gains ground. Brutal, simple math. A politician's goal is usually power, not virtue - and like any successful general, Layton is willing to sacrifice a few soldiers to win his battle. It's politics...

Does anyone know where to find a transcript of the actual exchange in Parliament?

I'm blown away the U.S. Army has entomologists. They have a trade for everything.

You know if you get a recipe off of Army.Ca, you're going to have to call it: "THROAT PUNCH"

On the website you linked to, you can e-mail directly to lfwa.webinfo@forces.gc.ca with TF 1-08 questions. They might be able to help you.

Saw a preview for a big-budget Iraq movie coming out this Christmas called Home of the Brave. The preview is here: www.mgm.com/homeofthebrave (click on 'trailer' top right corner) Thoughts?

There is a good website here: http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/lfwa/tf108/updates.htm There is an e-mail address for questions, and a link to Q & A down the page, which takes you here: http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/lfwa/tf108/faq_TF108.htm

Here is a story from the Globe and Mail - about one woman's exprience of Remembrance Day through three generations. It's not about white poppy/red poppy, but I found it worth reading: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/factsandarguments

I think a takedown of someone wearing illegal medals on a Legion Blazer would make for one hell of an episode of Cops.  :D It would have to include a chase through a trailer park and someone with no shirt yelling at the camera. Throw in a Taser-ing and I'm buying the DVD.

I throw this out as food for thought - It's not just hippies who feel this way. I know there are some veterans and others who avoid Remembrance Day because they see it as pro-military, or pro-war. Unpopular, but there it is. I personally don't feel that way, but Farley Mowat does, and he's...

Watching that, for some reason I kept thinking of this:  ;D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIlpEhTQ1CQ  (first 45 seconds only)

Ask sincere questions. Don't just leap in. Start with easy ones, like "How old were you when you joined?" "Why did you join?" "What did you do before the war?" Don't fixate on violence. Pay attention to what they say. Don't take over the conversation with your own stories. They will shut down...

A pigtailed Teutonic barmaid IS therapy.

"Lederhosen" Translates to "leather pants." Found on smiling middle-aged men handing out chocolate, cherubic ceramic figures, and pigtailed Teutonic barmaids. If you own some, it's therapy time.

Deleted post - on second thought, realzed ia joke in this thread may be taken the wrong way ...

COMMUNISM!

Your dignity is extremely moving.  :salute: God bless you, and your children.

Unleash the Germans? Look out if they get on a roll ... they have a history of overachieving ...  :D

Here's the rub: Because military operations are now largely a political issue (THANKS AGAIN, EVERYONE IN OTTAWA! BIG KISS!) everytime the CF stump pro-actively to support the mission, you venture dangerously close to the waters of politics. Not completely, but close ... Is that insane? YES...

There are many in the media who would kill the Easter Bunny and feed him to Osama on live TV if it would make Stephen Harper look bad. Of that I am convinced. Hell, they'd probably pre-empt hockey to do it. Screwing the army and their mission is just small potatoes. Oh yeah, our Afghan allies...