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by **Narrock** » Tue May 24, 2005 12:59 am

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

by **Tikker** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:05 am

He should have been executed

He saw night ground exercises, and was told not to engage

he dropped a bomb anyways

by **Rust** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:19 am

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.

by **Zanchief** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:46 am

I like the US, I don't always care much for Americans though.

by **Lyion** » Tue May 24, 2005 10:30 am

Zanchief wrote:I like the US, I don't always care much for Americans though.

me, too.

by **brinstar** » Tue May 24, 2005 4:12 pm

Zanchief wrote:I like the US, I don't always care much for Americans though.

me three

by **labbats** » Tue May 24, 2005 4:38 pm

I like the way Canadians make beer. The rest is just the part of the map they don't show on the Weather Channel.

by **Gidan** » Tue May 24, 2005 4:48 pm

Canadian beer really is good.

On subject, I think it was a nice gesture but to late in comming.

by **Diekan** » Tue May 24, 2005 4:59 pm

What's a Canadian?

by **fefn** » Tue May 24, 2005 6:47 pm

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.

by **Ciladan** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:04 pm

I thought it was a nice gesture. And that the pilot won't fly again is good enough for me. Accidents happen.

by **Tikker** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:49 pm

Ciladan wrote:I thought it was a nice gesture. And that the pilot won't fly again is good enough for me. Accidents happen.

That's the thing tho

it wasn't an accident

he pushed the button on purpose

by **xaoshaen** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:22 pm

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.

by **Tikker** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:29 pm

I'll restate

He radio'd in about what he saw as someone firing on him

he was told it was ground exercise, don't fire

he dropped a bomb anyways

Only particularly clueless military boys club people would allow him to get off with a warning

by **Martrae** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:44 pm

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?

by **araby** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:52 pm

Canada is that country above the United States right?

by **Narrock** » Wed May 25, 2005 5:11 pm

Araby wrote:Canada is that country above the United States right?

Only in terms of geography. :wink:

by **Tikker** » Wed May 25, 2005 5:24 pm

And Literacy ratings!

by **fefn** » Wed May 25, 2005 6:21 pm

Tikker wrote:I'll restate

He radio'd in about what he saw as someone firing on him

he was told it was ground exercise, don't fire

he dropped a bomb anyways

Only particularly clueless military boys club people would allow him to get off with a warning

Perfect retort.

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