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Originally Posted by Neil
I don't think that is a fair comment to make
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Indeed it is ... if one talks in terms of military capacity we are a small country ... even more than you guys, our mission in Afghanistan put major strains on our armed forces ... the casualties the Canadian Armed Forces have suffered seriously depleted the core of our army, in particular, the highly trained non-coms .... following the Korean conflict, Canadian Armed Forces operated as peace keepers, often wearing the blue berret of the UN ... only since Bosnia and the first Gulf War, have our forces taken on more of a combat role. Canadian troops are as well trained and as brave as any; but there aren't all that many of them. They did what was asked of them, fighting skillfully and courageously along side the US and the UK, while countries such as Germany and France more or less sat on the sidelines. Our government extended our commitment until 2011 .... that's what we promised and thats what we will do. But that's it.