What the hell is wrong with you amaricans!

Nothin’ wrong with a little patriotism, Horten!

[ This Message was edited by: Chris on 2002-05-06 08:57 ]

yay?

The US and Canada can’t go to war. Where will all the US draft dodgers hide???

MeXiCo mi amigo!

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It is mindless nationalism that starts arguments like this. Canada is great. The U.S. is great. They both have things to work on that can improve them but there is no need to cause such a strife over an accident. War makes you think differently. I know that if I were patroling and heard gun shots that weren’t my platoon, I would fire back. Sometimes you don’t have time to evaluate a situation and respond appropriatly. Although the only thing that is timeless is time itself, it can either work for you or against you. This is an example of against you.

Seems like the issue with friendly fire is that it has always occurred. My grandfather is a WWII veteran who fought in Iwo Jima. His Marine Corps Division was always harrassed by the Navy bombers! The air groups couldn’t believe the infantry would advance so quickly and assumed they were Japanese. His C.O. at one point had to lay a large US flag on the ground to stop his men from getting killed…

Keep in mind, at least if you believe our government, almost all the casualties in Afganistan to US soldiers was the result of friendly fire.

Ill keep it in mind but I don’t believe them.

Exactly my feeling. I can’t believe all but 1 or 2 casualties over there were friendly fire. The Government is trying to paint US soldiers as invinceable.

Why does the government keep saying Delta Force doesn’t exist when we all know they do? The Government likes to keep secrets.

I have no clue what delta force is, so clue me in.

The Most elite troops in the army. Think Army Rangers x10.

What reason do they have to lie about that to the american people?

Cause they do the dirty work the government doesn’t want you to hear about.

We are all humans. We all do dirty work we don’t want other people to know about; but somehow it comes up. The government should just tell us about things that aren’t really that secret. If we know about the delta force, what will happen? Will we riot? I honestly don’t think so, but history is full of suprises.

that is enough government bashing!

The reason they lie about casualties is so the people don’t lose support for the war.

(i know i promised no more posts - this is strictly informative) . . .
an interim report demonstrated that the Canadians “played it by the book” in the friendly fire incident in Afghanistan.

Horten, life sucks without government bashing. And IMO, they lose more support in the war by lying to citizens. I would think that the way society thinks now adays, that if we knew they took more of our lives, then we would want to take more of theirs.

The government will try keep quiet anything they feel is vital to national security, or makes them or the country look bad. It’s only natural. It may seem like their treating us like children and later on they’ll have some lame reason for doing it. Hey, they make mistakes, too. Every country in this world does it. At least here we can have an election every 4 years…