OTTAWA — The NATO mission in Libya has dragged on longer than most had expected and Canada's top soldier suggests things might be different if the rules of engagement allowed for boots on the ground.
I agree we are we there as well, I was under the impression we were trying to get out of these wars. Why Barry wanted to get us into another one when we don't have to is beyond me.
I just don't see this as anything Canada should be involved in. I'll have the Article 6 stuff for the Afghan War, just. Libya though? It's in a European sphere of influence. Libya isn't a direct threat to NATO or North America and hasn't attacked a NATO country etc etc.
I guess this was on their minds all along. What bullshit. We were sold a no-fly zone, which I supported. Why is it we can never just do half-measures and then leave if they don't work, but keep getting sucked in deeper and deeper? Same with Astan - it was supposed to be about taking out Al Qaeda and any Taliban that got in the way. Then it turned to nation building and cost far too many lives and treasure for what?
The whole of Libya is not worth the bones of a single Canadian soldier.
Too true.
And even with the help they get, the rebels are too lazy to do the job themselves. Even if they do win they will just find some other fat head tyrant to rule them.
The whole of Libya is not worth the bones of a single Canadian soldier.
Too true.
And even with the help they get, the rebels are too lazy to do the job themselves. Even if they do win they will just find some other fat head tyrant to rule them.
or their leader will become another CIA most wanted fugitive responsible for terrorist attacks against the hands that fed him.
The whole of Libya is not worth the bones of a single Canadian soldier.
Too true.
And even with the help they get, the rebels are too lazy to do the job themselves.
How the Hell are they lazy? They have no money, very little training, and their army consists of former civilians and several army battalions that defected. They military is a bunch of toyota trucks and people with AK's and RPG's; it's not so much lazy as having next to nothing to work with. Not to mention that Gaddafi's loyalist units (commanded by his ruthless sons) are far better trained and equipped.
They've been fighting and dying since February for a free Libya. I'd hardly call them lazy.
But it looks like we are being primed for it.
Baffles me why are there.
The whole of Libya is not worth the bones of a single Canadian soldier.
To steal from Bismark;
The whole of Libya is not worth the bones of a single Canadian soldier.
Too true.
And even with the help they get, the rebels are too lazy to do the job themselves.
To steal from Bismark;
The whole of Libya is not worth the bones of a single Canadian soldier.
Too true.
And even with the help they get, the rebels are too lazy to do the job themselves.
Even if they do win they will just find some other fat head tyrant to rule them.
To steal from Bismark;
The whole of Libya is not worth the bones of a single Canadian soldier.
Too true.
And even with the help they get, the rebels are too lazy to do the job themselves.
Even if they do win they will just find some other fat head tyrant to rule them.
or their leader will become another CIA most wanted fugitive responsible for terrorist attacks against the hands that fed him.
To steal from Bismark;
The whole of Libya is not worth the bones of a single Canadian soldier.
Too true.
And even with the help they get, the rebels are too lazy to do the job themselves.
How the Hell are they lazy? They have no money, very little training, and their army consists of former civilians and several army battalions that defected. They military is a bunch of toyota trucks and people with AK's and RPG's; it's not so much lazy as having next to nothing to work with. Not to mention that Gaddafi's loyalist units (commanded by his ruthless sons) are far better trained and equipped.
They've been fighting and dying since February for a free Libya. I'd hardly call them lazy.
They've been fighting and dying since February for a free Libya. I'd hardly call them lazy.
Free or under their control instead of Ghaddafi's?
I have yet to see any "good guys" yet. Could just be me.