Canada loses another soldier in Afghanistan

Canadian Press via Sun Media ^ | 2008-04-04 | (wire service)

[Clive]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Another Canadian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan.

Pte. Terry John Street, 24, from Hull, Que., was killed when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.

Street was with the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Shilo, Man.

The incident took place early Friday evening in the volatile Panjwaii district west of Kandahar city, long a hotbed of Taliban activity.

Brig.-Gen. Guy Laroche, the commander of Canadian forces in Afghanistan, says Canada’s presence in Afghanistan brings hope to its people.

Laroche says he hopes this comes as some comfort to the family of the dead soldier — the 82nd Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since 2002.

[Clive]

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[xuberalles]

Unfortunate. God bless their troops!

[SandRat]

Prayers for a fallen warrior.

[fanfan]

[AntiKev]

82...in how many years? Anybody know off hand how many we lost on D-Day?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Prayers lifted, Sandy..
*tears*

[AntiKev]

Hrm...seems I was too quick with the post button. I don’t want to belittle their accomplishment. I have one very good friend who is over there as a medic right now. Another one who is going over in the fall (soldier) and a few more who will be doing tours or already have. But the media needs to stop whining about this. Yes we’re losing lives over there, yes it’s a tragedy, but better over there than over here. If it were over here the numbers would be MUCH higher.

[fanfan]

Monkey Face posted this .....

Subject: Military losses, 1980 through 2006

1980 .......... 2,392 (Carter Year)
1981 .......... 2,380 (Reagan Year)
1984 ........ 1,999 (Reagan Year)
1988 .......... 1,819 (Reagan Year)
1989 .......... 1,636 (George H W Year)
1990 .......... 1,508 (George H W Year)
1991 .......... 1,787 (George H W Year)
1992 ......... 1,293 (George H W Year)
1993 .......... 1,213 ( Clinton Year)
1994 .......... 1,075 ( Clinton Year)
1995 ......... 2,465 ( Clinton Year)
1996 ....... . 2,318 ( Clinton Year)
1997 ........... 817 ( Clinton Year)
1998 ......... 2,252 ( Clinton Year)
1999 ....... 1,984 ( Clinton Year)
2000 .........1,983 ( Clinton Year)
2001 ............ 890(George W Year)
2002 ......... 1,007 (George W Year)
2003 .......... 1,410 (George W Year)
2004 .......... 1,887 (George W Year)
2005 ............. 919 (George W Year)
2006.............. 920 (George W Year)
2007............899 (George W Year)

Nothing like being armed with the real facts, to ruin a liberals day.

;-)

[Monkey Face]

I was told, in no uncertain terms, that “Snopes says it isn’t true.”

Well, maybe. But the statistics have to come from SOMEwhere!

[fanfan]

Well, maybe. But the statistics have to come from SOMEwhere!

Which means that someone has the statistics.

[Monkey Face]

And if Snopes says it’n untrue, how does “he” know that unless he has some figures to work with? And if he DOES have the figures, why doesn’t he publish them?

I loathe people who point out “Snopes” in hopes of an argument. What idiocy.

[fanfan]

Pte. Terry John Street, 24, of Hull, Que.

Thank you, Sir.

[BurbankKarl]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/deaths.asp

[Monkey Face]

You feel the need to point something out to me that has already been pointed out, and something that I already SAID had been pointed out?

And your point would be....?

[BurbankKarl]

You’re a monkey face for forwarding an email.

[Monkey Face]

Thank you for the compliment! May I have another? Or are you just inherently rude to other posters?

[sionnsar]

Snopes has them. Apparently somebody used Table 4 instead of Table 5 from a report linked.

Year	President	Deaths	Total during presidency
1980	Jimmy Carter	2,392
			N/A
1981	Ronald Reagan	2,380
1982	Ronald Reagan	2,319
1983	Ronald Reagan	2,465
1984	Ronald Reagan	1,999
1985	Ronald Reagan	2,252
1986	Ronald Reagan	1,984
1987	Ronald Reagan	1,983
1988	Ronald Reagan	1,819
			17,201
1989	George H.W. Bush	1,636
1990	George H.W. Bush	1,507
1991	George H.W. Bush	1,787
1992	George H.W. Bush	1,293
			6,223
1993	Bill Clinton	1,213
1994	Bill Clinton	1,075
1995	Bill Clinton	1,040
1996	Bill Clinton	974
1997	Bill Clinton	817
1998	Bill Clinton	827
1999	Bill Clinton	796
2000	Bill Clinton	758
			7,500
2001	George W. Bush	891
2002	George W. Bush	999
2003	George W. Bush	1,228
2004	George W. Bush	1,874
2005	George W. Bush	1,942
2006	George W. Bush	1,858

[Monkey Face]

Thanks, sion!

[Mr. Silverback]

God bless this man, and may his family be comforted.