You don't have to hate them, you just have to shoot them.

How noble.

I know a guy who used to be an officer on a nuclear sub.

He once told me, "I would always consider that the guy in the other boat is probably a lot like me, about the same age, a lot of the same fears and hopes in life. Probably has a wife or girlfriend somewhere worrying about him just like i do. And then I'd kill him anyway."

As one battlegroup member told me, if you're in the unfortunate position of getting lit up after you've made the mistake of firing on Canadian Forces over there, you duck or you die.

/ yeah, TFer in question

40below: As one battlegroup member told me, if you're in the unfortunate position of getting lit up after you've made the mistake of firing on Canadian Forces over there, you duck or you die.

/ yeah, TFer in question

Your head. Keep it down. There's beer in Canada that needs drinking.

chemical_angel

Isn't there a joint calling out your name? It isn't base or noble, it is necessary.

40below: / yeah, TFer in question

People forget sometimes that we dragged other guys into this mess with us. Thanks for helping out.

this was in TF on Sat., glad it sees green.

calbert: this was in TF on Sat., glad it sees green

Yeah, me too. Sometimes this is like friggin' work.

40below: calbert: this was in TF on Sat., glad it sees green

Yeah, me too. Sometimes this is like friggin' work.

Oh I wish I was back in old Canada
A land which I never shall lampoon
How I pine for the ice covering Lake Manitoba
And the beauty that is Saskatoon

Obscure?

Seriously, though, they're right- you get your poutine-ingesting, curling, Molson-swigging ass back to Canada in one piece.

40below: calbert: this was in TF on Sat., glad it sees green

Yeah, me too. Sometimes this is like friggin' work.

Be safe - come back with the same number of holes you left with, K?

Hiro Nakamura: People forget sometimes that we dragged other guys into this mess with us.

We chose Afghanistan, and the most encouraging thing I heard over there was we're going to do it right. It's cost us 108 people, the highest per capita rate in all of ISAF, but once Canada has entered a war, it's never lost one. Not bragging - you can check the stats. To quote: "If we win, the exit becomes a simple matter. If we don't win outright, the exit is just lipstick on a pig."

40below: We chose Afghanistan, and the most encouraging thing I heard over there was we're going to do it right. It's cost us 108 people, the highest per capita rate in all of ISAF, but once Canada has entered a war, it's never lost one. Not bragging - you can check the stats. To quote: "If we win, the exit becomes a simple matter. If we don't win outright, the exit is just lipstick on a pig."

Good luck, dude. Make us proud... but not in a martyr kind of way... that would suck.

Now if you could swipe back a couple bushels of poppies while you're at it, that would be a great help.

40below: As one battlegroup member told me, if you're in the unfortunate position of getting lit up after you've made the mistake of firing on Canadian Forces over there, you duck or you die.

/ yeah, TFer in question

Wait a minute... you?

calbert: this was in TF on Sat., glad it sees green.

so if it's been up so long, why no headline editing?

2wolves: Isn't there a joint calling out your name? It isn't base or noble, it is necessary.

How so?

: "These are great days we're living, bros. We are jolly green giants, walking the Earth with guns. These people we wasted here today are the finest human beings we will ever know. After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna miss not having anyone around that's worth shooting"

Private Joker: Any women or children?
Door Gunner: Sometimes!
Private Joker: How can you shoot women or children?
Door Gunner: Easy! Ya just don't lead 'em so much!

ragekage: Obscure?

No

40below: As one battlegroup member told me, if you're in the unfortunate position of getting lit up after you've made the mistake of firing on Canadian Forces over there, you duck or you die.

Can't you just yell over "This is for Celine Dion!"

RoxtarRyan: Wait a minute... you?

Someone had to step up and go halfway around the world and get shot at so you people could sneer at the result.

MIguy: Private Joker: Any women or children?
Door Gunner: Sometimes!
Private Joker: How can you shoot women or children?
Door Gunner: Easy! Ya just don't lead 'em so much!

C-C-C-Combo!

After reading the article and seeing that comment below it nearly made me facepalm.

de_Selby: so if it's been up so long, why no headline editing?

Ain't got time to bleed put in an apostrophe

Joining the military sounds appealing - and then i remember that i hate authority, following orders, and keeping things tidy.

Keep on soldiering boys! Im proud of what you do, and im glad you got the patience to do it.

Hating the enemy serves no purpose.
It won't win a firefight or engagement.
It won't get you home any sooner.
Hate makes you sloppy, impulsive, foolish.
You do stupid things when you hate.
Hate make counterproductive actions seem great.

A soldier should never hate.
A soldier that hates isn't a soldier.

LegacyDL: After reading the article and seeing that comment below it nearly made me facepalm.

Yeah. WorkingStiff should really STFU

Not to be a troll, but we have what, 30,000 troops there now and Obama wants to double that. What makes anyone think the outcome will be different for us than it was for the Russians when they had 150,000 troops there?

Seriously, just wondering if a military solution is really possible.

fusillade762: What makes anyone think the outcome will be different for us than it was for the Russians when they had 150,000 troops there?

Well, we're not funding the opposition this time. ;)

Plus, we're not trying to take them over. We're just trying to get them to knock some of their shiat off.

40below:

/ yeah, TFer in question


TFA says "Misses his girlfriend back home"

Fark Profile says "Wife at home"

Uh...oh.

+1
If anyone needs to know the inside of buddy's head & why he feels the way he does, read Grossman's "On Killing"

Fano: Freedom?
[scoffs]
You'd better flush out your head, new guy. This isn't about freedom; this is a slaughter. If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is "poontang".

Ahh, from merry to maudlin..

Shut up and go back to watching M*A*S*H

Don't worry, subby. I'll hate enough for the both of us!

farkingatwork: wikileaks would tend to disagree that afghanistan has been any form of a success.

Is anyone else still surprised when they find out something new from Wiki or Google? Their tendrils, they run far.

Damn. I misread the headline as "Herc fights" and thought the troops had to watch Steve Reeves and Alan Steel wrestle each other.

/frightening

HellYeahHokie: TFA says "Misses his girlfriend back home"

Fark Profile says "Wife at home"

Uh...oh.

Maybe he's a Mormon.

fusillade762: Not to be a troll, but we have what, 30,000 troops there now and Obama wants to double that. What makes anyone think the outcome will be different for us than it was for the Russians when they had 150,000 troops there?

Seriously, just wondering if a military solution is really possible.

A strictly military solution is impossible. Fortunately, higher-ups have realized that 'military' solutions don't exist.

We have a far better shot at turning Afghanistan around, partly due to a far warmer approach, and a reluctant Pakistan working (kinda sorta) with us, and even our one enemy in the area (again, kinda sorta) is Iran, and they HATE the Taliban, more than we do.

Also, the Soviets weren't exactly the warm-fuzzy types, and had a very 'kill everything and everyone' approach that really didn't endear them to anyone.

mikefinch: Fano: Freedom?
[scoffs]
You'd better flush out your head, new guy. This isn't about freedom; this is a slaughter. If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is "poontang".

Ahh, from merry to maudlin..

Shut up and go back to watching M*A*S*H

I don't think there is anything maudlin about Animal Mother.

I was a Canadian civilian worker in KAF in 2007, and then again last year in KAIA. You guys made me proud every single day. It was a privilege to work with you and send you out on HLTAs, even though our work was nothing compared to what you do.

Keep up the good work, be careful out there.

/No more tours for me for a while
//Knocked up and due in a week

"One Farkers"

Was it one, plural or is the apostrophe MIA?

2wolves: Isn't there a joint calling out your name? It isn't base or noble, it is necessary.

The guy at the end of the thread: How so?

That read poorly. Not, "how is that necessary?"... "how is that not nobel?"

For a soldier to still maintain his humanity and observe the enemy as an actual human being, even when you know that the objective is to snuff out eachothers lives, this a unique luxury that is rarely extended to us. This the epitimy of nobility. War is farking hell, bro.

Cinaed: Also, the Soviets weren't exactly the warm-fuzzy types,

Except for their hats.

40below

I can't believe we're still using the C-6 as a door gun. I mean a Griffon has no business flying combat support anyway, but Jesus H.

No LAV love? I only see Nyalas.

/RWS FTW

Cosmic Crab: "One Farkers"

Was it one, plural or is the apostrophe MIA?

Perhaps Fark has been assimilated by the Borg.

fusillade762: Not to be a troll, but we have what, 30,000 troops there now and Obama wants to double that. What makes anyone think the outcome will be different for us than it was for the Russians when they had 150,000 troops there?

Seriously, just wondering if a military solution is really possible.

The primary mission in Afghanistan is to find Bin Laden and capture him, or determine if he's already dead.

The Russians had a very different mission.

Cosmic Crab: "One Farkers"

Was it one, plural or is the apostrophe MIA?

As you know, you go to war with the apostrophes you have. They're not the apostrophes you might want or wish to have at a later time.

BTW, Subby...

Thank you for your service. If you could just direct a cruise missile towards Celine Dion, you'd make us in the States awfully happy.

IXI Jim IXI: fusillade762: What makes anyone think the outcome will be different for us than it was for the Russians when they had 150,000 troops there?

Well, we're not funding the opposition this time. ;)

Plus, we're not trying to take them over. We're just trying to get them to knock some of their shiat off.

Not to mention that we are only trying to fight one group (essentially) in the region, with the occasional conflict with the war lords. Yes the Taliban still enjoys pretty significant support but I think far more Afghanis see the ISAF as generally a good thing than they did the Soviets.