Posted on 04/11/2009 9:08:53 PM PDT by adanaC
Canadian warship thwarts pirates again
For the second time in a week, a Canadian warship has helped fend off a potential attack from pirates off the coast of Somalia.
The HMCS Winnipeg — which is taking part in the NATO-led counter-piracy mission known as Operation Allied Protector — and a Spanish ship responded Friday night after a civilian vessel sent out a distress call following an apparent pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden.
(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...
...despite the relatively modest size of their military, the Canadians do twice the amount of good in the world as all continental Europe combined.
Unfortunately a fair number of these pirates need to die to provide a societal memory to avoid this behavior for a couple of generations.
Good for Canada - apparently they and the French Navy are not impeded by the “stand down” orders issued by obama
The Canadians thwarted the pirates??? Are you sure they didn’t hockey the pirates or cut wood the pirates? Maybe they complained about the United States the pirates. Or maybe they gave the pirates mediocre socialized medicine.
Zero continues to screw the pooch on this deal.......
I used to talk with a conservative Canadian several years ago. He was not happy with the direction his country was headed, but he had the opinion that Canadians and Canadian troops received too little recognition for what they do. Maybe this story is an example of what he was talking about.
Amen!
Rock On Canada!
Other than Americans, obviously, more Canadians have died in Afghanistan than soldiers from any other country. The Germans, French, etc., useless. The Canadians deserve our respect and appreciation. They are there because WE were attacked on 9/11. They honor our alliance and our friendship...that can’t be said of most of our other ‘allies.’
crickets
I am glad Canada can do what we “seem” unable to do.
Zero is as zero does.
Well, c’mon.....At least he’s finally decided that his girls should have a water dog from Ted Kennedy.
I’m sure that was a gut-wrenching decision for the leader of the free world......
They are there because Article 5 of the NATO Charter was invoked for the first time in its history. More soldiers from the UK [152] have died in Afghanistan than Canada [116]. The US has lost 677.
Canada didn't not help us in Iraq.
I love the USA, but your media does tend to focus on it’s own belly button too much. The rest of the world quietly go about our business.
Are you aware that French commandos have carried out a helicopter raid against a group of Somali pirates soon after they released 30 hostages from a luxury French yacht?
The 850-tonne boat and its 30 crew were seized in the Gulf of Aden last Friday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7342292.stm
The US media doesn’t report on any of these incidents though.
Some NATO countries have not sent combat troops. Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States are supplying the combat troops. Non-NATO member Australia is the other country supplying combat troops. There are about 2500 Canadian troops in Afghanistan.
As for Iraq...many countries didn't believe in the cause, or the intelligence, and Canada was not under any NATO obligation to intervene. I regret that they weren't with us...but then you can blame that miserable Jean Chretien. Steven Harper's conservatives wanted to participate in Iraqi Freedom.
Whatever the reason, Canada didn't join us in Iraq. The UK, Spain, Italy, and others were under no obligation to join us, but they did. Canada didn't join us in Vietnam either.
Canada's military has become a joke with just 50,000 personnel on active duty. Canada spends about 1% of its GDP on defense. And Afghanistan has weaked the military so much that the army must take a year off.
I am in no way diminishing the sacrifice of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, but Canada is not pulling its weight as a member of NATO generally and has allowed its military to wither and almost die. It is far easier to have the Americans shoulder the burden, both in blood and treasure.
Thank you. Most Canadians and Americans are cut from the same cloth. Love you guys even if you do pound your drums a little loud sometimes. That’s what makes ya great. :)
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