....Well it's official, Tim Horton's to open up in the Camp in Khandahar, but how about getting something that would be REALLY good for morale, like a House of Lancaster or Chez Paris right in the Camp???

   

A strip club would paint a very big target on the troops don't you think?

   

Yeah as the place to be to all the other coalition troops in Theater!!! Wooo

   

How do you say double-double in Pashto?

SCOTT DEVEAU

Globe and Mail Update

During a live discussion two weeks ago on globeandmail.com, reporter Michael Den Tandt was asked by a reader if there was anything the troops in Afghanistan needed.

"They'd like a Tim Hortons franchise at the Kandahar Air Field.," he said.

Well, Tim Hortons and the Canadian Forces announced Wednesday that help is on its way. The coffee shop chain, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Wendy's International Inc. scored a major marketing coup with the deal. Over the next few weeks, the company will convert a trailer normally used as a drive-thru during restaurant renovations and hand it over to the Canadian Forces for use in Afghanistan.

"We are extremely proud to be able to bring a little taste of home to our troops stationed in Kandahar," said Paul House, chief executive officer and president of Tim Hortons, in a statement Wednesday. "Tim Hortons has always supported the Canadian Military and we are honoured to work together to make the opening possible."

The Kandahar franchise will have a reduced menu, but will still offer doughnuts, timbits, bagels, and a full beverage line, including the company's trademark coffee.

Chief of Defence Staff General Rick Hillier said the station will be huge morale boost for the troops.

"I know I speak for all the men and women of the Canadian Forces when I say that I'm delighted to hear this news," said Gen. Hillier said in the statement. "Opening a Tim Hortons to serve our troops in Afghanistan strengthens an already superb relationship between two great Canadian institutions."

The Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency, the morale and welfare arm of the Canadian Forces, will be responsible for staffing, training and operating the location at the Kandahar airfield.

   

There was a great story in the Western Standard over this (with cartoons, HAHA). There is a higher-end coffee shop that will sell coffee's for $2.50 and up, but the troops can get good, regular coffee for free at the mess. The author wrote that he didn't want a change because then they might loose their free coffee.

   

I can live without anything from Tim Hortons, but not the women!!!!!!!


But I can understand why guys would miss Tim's.

I am not a coffee drinker, so that is why it would not bother me so much.

   

a medium double double and a dutchie..... that is enough sugar to make anyone happy.