tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4799271601880375027..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Charting an epiphany.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52694341486413041002009-06-17T20:09:29.213-04:002009-06-17T20:09:29.213-04:00I would point out that we've been kicking ass ...I would point out that we've been kicking ass and taking names long before the bunny-huggers forced this limp-wristed peace-keeping foolishness upon us.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12888670553363046122009-06-17T19:27:39.432-04:002009-06-17T19:27:39.432-04:00George, as someone who had relatives in both the P...George, as someone who had relatives in both the Princess Pats and the Canadian Seaforth Highlanders, I can only praise the great people still in Canadian uniform, and bemoan the almost total lack of future the dwindling and underfunded Canadian Forces have to adapt to.<br /><br /> A national disgrace. Soon, the only opponents Canada might hope to face and survive will be those same tin horn, pisspot 3rd world sewers now being abused by Tam's Absurdistanis. Sic Transit Nobilis.Ed Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51388512004435872602009-06-17T17:14:01.353-04:002009-06-17T17:14:01.353-04:00For those who would like to keep a closer eye on t...For those who would like to keep a closer eye on that particularly nasty bunch of crooks and liars, Inner City Press does very well. <br /><br />innercitypress.com<br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://callejonextrano.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47782712997618609622009-06-17T14:57:30.469-04:002009-06-17T14:57:30.469-04:00Thanks, Tam! Makes me wish someone had handed me ...Thanks, Tam! Makes me wish someone had handed me a "Save Darfur - Send Rifles" bumpersticker back then. My head explosion would have been quite a show.Lissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970856329586708087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49220021462620062682009-06-17T13:11:39.697-04:002009-06-17T13:11:39.697-04:00Take up the White Man's burden --
The savage ...<i>Take up the White Man's burden -- <br />The savage wars of peace -- <br />Fill full the mouth of Famine <br />And bid the sickness cease; <br />And when your goal is nearest <br />The end for others sought, <br />Watch Sloth and heathen Folly <br />Bring all your hope to nought.</i><br /><br />-Kipling, 1899Jeffersonianhttp://jeffersonian.namenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14133611986908736742009-06-17T12:54:24.900-04:002009-06-17T12:54:24.900-04:00There's little doubt that the early years of U...There's little doubt that the early years of UN-sponsored peacekeeping had some beneficial results. (I think of the Suez Canal, Cyprus, etc.) However, peacekeeping only works when BOTH sides are looking for some mechanism to halt hostilities. When this condition does not apply, peacekeeping is a waste. (I think of the former Yugoslavia.)<br /><br />Canadians did have this 'feel good' delusion for far too many years. Now, at least, our infantry, artillery, combat engineers and armour can demonstrate their skills in a hostile environment rather than sheltering beneath a totally ineffectual and compromised blue flag.<br /><br />As a Canuck, I'd rather have what we've got now ... than the dangerous misapprehension that we brought value to the world scene.<br /><br />Regards.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123244406605096484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66371136252673187162009-06-17T12:14:31.443-04:002009-06-17T12:14:31.443-04:00It's like the difference between parents who a...It's like the difference between parents who appeal to their kids' better natures and parents who take their kids behind the woodshed. You can always tell who's who just by watching how the litter behaves in the supermarket.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88552877526458011642009-06-17T10:00:00.466-04:002009-06-17T10:00:00.466-04:00Yeah, "we will go medieval on your ass if you...Yeah, "we will go medieval on your ass if you don't calm down" works a lot better than "we'll send some peacekeepers to keep an eye on you."Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89354818799012894462009-06-17T09:45:02.237-04:002009-06-17T09:45:02.237-04:00Right, as usual...and I'm a Canadian brought u...Right, as usual...and I'm a Canadian brought up on the glories and essential goodness of our boys in blue UN helmets.<br /><br />Since Tam is having a Deutsch day, I'd observe that Realpolitik trumps blue helmets any time. Ya' feel a bit more secure too.John Peddie (Toronto)noreply@blogger.com