- Reaction score
- 35
- Points
- 560
Although WE all know this to be true, it is nice to see others notice this as well:
http://uccatholic.blogspot.com/2006/07/canadian-troops-not-your-typical.html
http://catholic-caveman.blogspot.com/2006/07/canada-still-has-what-it-takes-in.html
Not your typical Canadians indeed........
http://uccatholic.blogspot.com/2006/07/canadian-troops-not-your-typical.html
Canadian Troops: Not your typical Canadians
A most excellent and flattering article on the performance of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, authored by an American leatherneck, is here.
Canadian troops are for the most part an anathema to actual Canadians: they are vicious killers in battle, never run from long odds, and damn near never retreat. One wonders how such a wishy washy country wallowing in self-destructive western Christian guilt, lurching through the decades with an ever growing apology on its lips, could spawn real fighting men like this http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/providers/sub.cfm?source=history/koreawar/valour/cantroops and this http://northernblue.ca/mblog/.
Go figure.
http://catholic-caveman.blogspot.com/2006/07/canada-still-has-what-it-takes-in.html
Canada Still Has What It Takes
In the finest tradition of Flanders, Dieppe, Normandy, Korea
Canadian steel still cuts... no matter what the Canadian liberals say or do.
The most intense fighting Canadian troops have been part of since the civil wars in Cyprus or the Korean War involved virtually the entire 1st Battalion Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry and the big guns of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, as well as U.S. fighter jets, attack helicopters and armed airborne drones.
The Battle of Zharei/Panjwei tailed off at dusk in the village of Pashmol on Monday with at least 20 Taliban dead, 20 seriously wounded and six captured, according to Gen. Ahmad (who goes by one name only) of the Afghan Army.
"This was by far the biggest engagement since we got here. The intensity level was dialled up to 11 for a while," said Maj. Nick Grimshaw, commander of Bravo Company, which spent about 15 hours fighting its way out of an ambush early Saturday and had further gun battles with Taliban insurgents on Sunday.
Not your typical Canadians indeed........