Well, the 4 or 5 of you who are from Canada... what do you think of this? Honorable gesture by the U.S? Too little, too late... doesn't matter? Really, what do you think?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050523/ap_ ... g_memorial
Hey Canadians
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Hey Canadians
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I think it is a nice gesture, I hope it helps the families.
It's nice to see some recognition that, while we do disagree about things, the US and Canada are about the two closest allies in the world. A 5000+ mile undefended border, integrated trade and economy, continental defense integration, and a common langauge and historical origin. (ok, you burned Fort York in Toronto and we burned the White House, and there was that near-war over that pig on an island near Vancouver, let's skip those)
So yeah, it's a nice gesture, but that US pilot should be in jail. I'm so sorry for the families.
--R.
It's nice to see some recognition that, while we do disagree about things, the US and Canada are about the two closest allies in the world. A 5000+ mile undefended border, integrated trade and economy, continental defense integration, and a common langauge and historical origin. (ok, you burned Fort York in Toronto and we burned the White House, and there was that near-war over that pig on an island near Vancouver, let's skip those)
So yeah, it's a nice gesture, but that US pilot should be in jail. I'm so sorry for the families.
--R.
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"There are angels on our curtains; they keep the outside out.
And there are lions on our curtains; they lick their wounds, they lick their doubt." -- 'Curtains', Peter Gabriel
fefn wrote:Tikker wrote:He should have been executed
He saw night ground exercises, and was told not to engage
he dropped a bomb anyways
Couldn't agree more.
It was a fuckup. These happen in combat. Only particularly clueless civilians suggest imprisonment, let alone execution, as a panacea for friendly fire incidents.
It doesn't lessen the tragedy of what happened, but it certaintly wasn't a deliberate act of malice. It was a fuckup.
The pilot, who was court-martialed and reprimanded, said his superiors never told him the Canadians would be conducting exercises in the area.
Anyone have a link to the full story?
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