Canadian "forces" stickin their dicks where they don't belong

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Permalink Reply by Sugarcube on March 21, 2011 at 6:36pm

I haven't heard of this....

 

But now I am sad.

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Permalink Reply by Walker Skank on March 22, 2011 at 4:39pm

Today's update/correction -
So I may have jumped the gun saying that the CF 18s are on a bombing mission. It seems that "officially" they are flying over to "patrol the coast". On the other hand, Obama HAS sent many a tomohawk missile, and had allied forces on the eastern side of the globe do the same. This is all very general information so don't pin me down with corrections, I know I'm being vague. But the situation doesn't change, Libya is still fighting it's own "government" (Dictator Muammar Ghadafi). Hopefully democracy prevails... but when has that ever really worked? HA!

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Permalink Reply by Katsenhakeron (Mohawk) on March 22, 2011 at 7:01pm

Until someone asks for help...its a bad precedent to meddle in the affairs of another government.

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Permalink Reply by Walker Skank on March 22, 2011 at 8:14pm

It's a moral dilemna, it's hard to sit back and watch another civil war unfold. Clearly Barack couldn't do it, and now Stephen Harper and Peter Mackay want to get involved, I just can't figure it out...

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Permalink Reply by Katsenhakeron (Mohawk) on March 24, 2011 at 10:30am

thats just it....civil war....are there sides? Its the same thing over and over...Ahganihstan, Irag, Colombia, Nicaruagua, Indoneasia, Serbia, Croatia, Korea, China, theres dictators doing all kinds of horrible shit...and nobody does anything....but once its on CNN or theres an OIL interest...oh boy...we gotta race and save those poor people from themselves...TAAAA DAAA! look heres the USA, CANADA and UK to your rescue...once the crisis is averted...ok now we want oil and natural resources concession!

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Permalink Reply by Walker Skank on March 23, 2011 at 4:45pm

update - March 23rd .  Canadian jets returned to from their first offensive mission yesterday without deploying any weapons. They were setting out to bomb a Libyan airfield, to enforce a UN sanctioned no-fly-zone, but turned around due to a high risk of civilian casualties.  TODAY however, they bombed a munitions depot. To quote a fellow from CBC News , "Their mission has a clear beginning, but no end in sight. " Overnight, 20 US Tomohawk missiles were fired at Libyan targets, while Gadhafi continues to attack rebel strongholds in is own damn country. The reported casualties so far are roughly over 50 - 60, (I THINK). This is gunna be one big bummer.

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Permalink Reply by 22lliou6xj137 on March 24, 2011 at 4:44pm

i understand where you are coming from and i agree(somewhat) if they wanna hav a civil war, let the bastards duke it out, not interfere with them

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Permalink Reply by Walker Skank on March 26, 2011 at 5:46pm

It's not even so much that I want to "let the bastards duke it out", I just can't believe that Canada had to get involved. No one should have gotten involved, it should have ended when the people of Libya said We want a democracy and we're sick of this dictatorship. I guess the fun thing about being a dictator is you can say, Well fuck you!, to your own people and not step down. But then civil wars begin, and here we are. The problem is that Gadhafi has no sense in his head, nor do any of the people involved in trying to "help". Although, like Beans On Toast sings, We always blame leaders, but we never blame ourselves... That's barely relevant to this, but as easy as it is to blame the leaders who are making the fucked up decisions, try to put yourself in their place. That's a lot of pressure to make a snap decision, and when it's on such a grand scale, you can't exactly just say "Okay, that didn't work, DO OVER" lol. But at this point, I'm just spitting out sensless rambling...

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Permalink Reply by Walker Skank on March 29, 2011 at 10:26pm

UPDATE - So this update is almost unrelated to the Libyan conflict, but is still relavent. Yet another Canadian soldier has been taken from us in Afghanistan. Between Bush's Never Ending War, and what is soon to be Iraq : The Sequel in Libya, it's getting hard to stay positive.

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Permalink Reply by Walker Skank on March 31, 2011 at 5:18pm

OK! Some positivity! Watching the Colbert Report the other night, and he addressed Canada's involvment in the Libyan crisis. Oh boy, this made me laugh, Colbert mentioned that since it's Canada enforcing the No Fly Zone over Libya, it really should be called a No Fly, Unless You Really Want To, Then Its Ok, I Guess Zone. Ha!

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