riggerrob 558 #26 October 29, 2014 A bald, retired paratrooper guarded Victory Square on Saturday. He had three medals, one of which looked to be for service in Afghanistan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #27 October 29, 2014 Sunday, Victory Square was guarded by a grey-bearded old tanker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #28 October 29, 2014 Monday, Victory Square was guarded by a retired Royal Canadian Navy helicopter mechanic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #29 October 29, 2014 Tuesday, Prime Minister Harper spoke at the funeral of Corporal Natahn Cirrillo as the Argyl and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment buried him in Hamilton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigBUG 0 #30 November 1, 2014 And THAT makes me respect Canadians even more. http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=478562&playlistId=1.2076951&binId=1.810401&playlistPageNum=1&binPageNum=1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #31 November 4, 2014 "The Interrogators" I just finished reading "The Interrogators" written by US Army reservist SSgt Makey (sp?). The scariest revelation from that book was the way Al Queda recruits fighters. The process starts with bored young men from North Africa or Arabia going to work in Europe. They find the money is good, but life can get lonely with no-one to cuddle at night. These lonely young men quickly learn how few Muslim women of marriable age live in Europe. Their ambition is to find stable work, marry, settle down and raise a few children to be soccer stars or go to college. Muslim "charities" prey on this loneliness by promising to help these young men find wives in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, etc. Muslim "charities" help these young men fly to Pakistan, put them up in hostels, educate them in madrassas, etc. then talk them into fulfilling their "muslim duties" by transporting medical supplies to some impoverished village up in the Afghan mountains. Along the way they a day or three's worth of instruction on how to fire a "Klash" rifle. Next thing they know, they are shoved to the front line of an assault on Forward Operating Base manned by American or British or Canadian "crusaders." They fire off all their ammo in the first minute of the assault, then try to flee the battlefield. Sadly, too many of them never survive their first battle. It is a sad commentary on any society that only uses its young men for cannon fodder. The saddest part is how "mad mullahs" can distort the words of the Koran to pervert the honest ambitions of lonely young men. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
