I have worked with forces from all of those countries in my time in the military.
We did an airborne exchange with one of the parachute regiments when I was in the 82nd. Excellent troops I have heard the same said from those that fought next to them in Iraq. I worked closely with the kiwis (NZ) in the Sinai. Their boat and boarding teams, instructors and personnel were awesome, best bar on south camp too. The Canadian Forces. I grew up around the CF, was an Army cadet at one point while my father was working up there. They have done some incredibly heavy lifting in Afghanistan, in Eastern Europe, in Cyprus and other little known hot spots around the world. I got to know some Aussies on an MWR camp in Qatar on a four day pass, buying peoples drink tickets to get more than the allowed three drink maximum. Good times. Some people whose governments I don't necessarily like, but who have done and continue to do incredible work, Germany and France. Both have very professional militaries that have done very well in some tough situations. I jumped into JRTC with some Germans in 99. Great troops, some neat toys too. The country I feel doing the most unsung work right now is the Republic of Ireland. Few people realize that they have peacekeeping forces in Africa right now. They have been in Lebanon. They constantly put up forces for international peace and humanitarian missions far in excess of their size or responsibility. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 8:05 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Love the Troops, hate the Wars. > > I'll try to keep my diatribe to minimum. > > I am firmly against imperialism. I am firmly against > "helping" countries that don't ask for it. That being said, I > sincerely thank the US, Canadian, UK, Australian and all > other troops that are risking their lives in battle zones. > Whatever country you are from you can feel proud that there > are brave men and women who have heard the call to arms and > have not backed down. So to everyone risking their lives for > the call of duty, thank you. > > And to everyone else, don't ever stop questioning the motives > of your government. And don't ever think for one minute that > they see troops as anything more than a number on a spreadsheet. > > *I'm sure this has added to me to the "People of Interest" > list in big brothers database. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281759 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
