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I've posted my support for the mission and my compliments to the Liberals who came up with it.
The flag matter is really a matter of protocol and I'd respect the judgment of the Legion more than any politician.

This crap is making huge waves on the Conservative blogs and I'd bet that this is doing more to piss off the Canadian voters than Adscam did. Cynical Canadians may expect the gov. to be a pack of crooks but putting our troops there then calling it "Canada's Iraq" when it's politically convenient is unforgivable.
I'm done on this thread.

   

The CBC has covered, in mini-documentaries; full-length documentaries; and regular news coverage, several stories about kids going to school; our soldiers helping aid workers; and a whole whack of other positive stories about Afghanistan. They even did a story that included a kid (can't remember if it was a boy or girl) flying a kite and an old man who could play his music again. Perhaps you were watching re-runs of Gilligan's Island and missed all that?



You really have no respect for those who died, do you? They died in service to their country and deserve to be honoured nationally. That means press coverage of their repatriation ceremonies.

   

Yes because the Legion has always been very strong on tradition, symbolism, and patriotism. Does your support for the legion over politicians include conservative politicians as well?



There is a reason why support has shifted. The world backed the US in going to Afganistan to get osama who was very much staying there at the pleasure of the taliban and who was obviously the architect of 9/11. They didn't know then that the US was going into Iraq (not entirely unrelated) or that 4 years later they would still be fighting the same war the USSR fought when we were firmly on the side of the people we are fighting now. Things change. It has nothing to do with our change in gov't and if you watched the trends the support was being lost long before the election.

   

No it does not. If you want to see body bags and caskets go to a funeral home or a hospital

A lot of men from WWI and WWII were left in Europe and in the Pacific, no CBC coverage there.

   

Do you really want to know where I was today? I'll give you a hint, about 1 hour west of Kingston, near a small town called Trenton! Maybe you heard about it! You, I have no respect for!

   

Just a little side note Rev. I have now buried 6 friends who have died while on duty in Afghanistan. How many of your "friends" have you buried? Please don't talk about respecting the troops, your uninformed ramblings reveal no respect, just your socialist nonsense!

   

PM Harper left the decision up to the Military to lower Flags at half staff at locations they choose. Jean Chretien took that choice away from the Military in 2002. As mounting deaths will occur with Canada in Afghanistan it's left to the Military to lower the Flags at half staff as it should be.

Those who think the Flag should be at half staff everytime a Canadian Soldier is killed, should there be a memorial service every time a Canadian Soldier is killed like the one that was held in 2002 for the other Four Canadian Soldiers killed in the Friendly Fire accident? (That Memorial Service filled Rexall Place, that's where the Edmonton Oilers Play).

   

Sorry to Hear that.

   

They don't need to be at the base, they are already there for the funerals.

   

al-Blare's pathetic nonsence is par for the course coming from one who, when a moderator at Canadian Content frequently deleted and altered posts by members who didn't toe his party line - eh wot komrade?

Don't pay any attention to him - his idea of democracy is breaking shop windows while standing in the middle of a crowd of demonstrators while wearing his usual disguise - balaclava.

Reading his posts re this thread and others re Harper muzzling his people only bespeaks the enormous hypocracy that is his trademark.

Leave the flags up and keep the media away.

   

And those of us who can't get to Trenton would have liked to at least be able to watch it on TV.





I know one of the boys that came home today. I was planning on watching the ceremony on TV for exactly that reason. So were a lot of other people. You wouldn't give a shit about that though, because it doesn't fit Harper's political agenda.

   

   

xly,

It doesn't fit your pathetic agenda - that of salivating over the images of our troops as they're brought home. I challenge your statement that you know one of the 'boys'.

What part of privacy, mourning, and respect don't you understand. . . .

Hypocrite. . . .

   

by the same people who manipulate Mr. Bush. Some of us already knew this. To others it may seem a little startling.

Here is the reason we are being kept from seeing any evidence that anyone is being killed. There are going to be a lot more people killed. The people in charge don't want us to think about it and question them as to why people are getting killed. If we question them they will not be able to provide us with sensible answers as to why people are being killed. We might stop them from sending people to be killed if they can't provide us with sensible answers. They want to keep sending people to be killed.

   

Ok little Rev, you think Canada's part over there is to get people killed?

   

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