When Canada came home from WWII, we brought back over a million men; our air-force was the 3rd largest in the world, our navy the 4th. Now it is a sacrifice of mind-blowing proportions to have 3,000 men in Afghanistan.
We have lost 150+ good soldiers in the last 9 years. We lost 10,000 in the first 4 hours of Vimy Ridge. Were their lives any less precious?
My point is that we began this war, pretty much all of Nato, trying to field a force as minimal as possible. While it is notable that Canada accepted the Kandahar assignment the hardest responsibility, unfortunately we didn't have the numbers to handle it. We were forced to focus a smaller area within the Khandahar district. And we are still there 9 years later--longer than any war we have ever fought.
My question is: What would have happened had Canada the capacity to land 1,000,000 men--properly equipped, would we still be fighting?
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/02/hercules-kandahar.html#socialcomments#ixzz19vbELVgu
We have lost 150+ good soldiers in the last 9 years. We lost 10,000 in the first 4 hours of Vimy Ridge. Were their lives any less precious?
My point is that we began this war, pretty much all of Nato, trying to field a force as minimal as possible. While it is notable that Canada accepted the Kandahar assignment the hardest responsibility, unfortunately we didn't have the numbers to handle it. We were forced to focus a smaller area within the Khandahar district. And we are still there 9 years later--longer than any war we have ever fought.
My question is: What would have happened had Canada the capacity to land 1,000,000 men--properly equipped, would we still be fighting?
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/02/hercules-kandahar.html#socialcomments#ixzz19vbELVgu
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