We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:04:58 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Bill the Rotorhead submits this view of CF Peacekeeping activities. I should note - this is a Canadian Joke, submitted by a CF officer, to a Canadian joke site... in case there are any thin skins out there today! As with any good joke - there are grains of truth scattered throughout. Flying Beanie Boy also notes: Got this originally an an e-mail in Boz and just remembered where it was. One Canadian Captain's view...BTW, the BLMF mentioned in para 2.c. isn't an acronym for some CF-specific vulgarity--it's the Banja Luka Metal Factory (if you want to see what it... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:55:55 -0600 I shall look forward to that! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html#comment-11719 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html#comment-11719 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:22:32 -0600 General Order #1...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html#comment-11717 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html#comment-11717 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:48:30 -0600 Darcey - You'll be happy to learn that the CF boys were allowed to imbibe--on a limited basis--by the time I got there (SFOR/ROTO-10). We, on the other hand--nope, I'll start a rant. I'll save it for my hard-hitting, no-holds-barred, dramatic tell-all book, which I shall write after I am safely retired and the statute of limitations on General Order Number 1 have expired... =] http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html#comment-11715 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html#comment-11715 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:14:59 -0600 Hee hee - liked the part about drink beer like heroin - my cousin in the navy says they pay a buck a beer. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html#comment-11665 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html#comment-11665 Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:55:40 -0600 "Flying Beanie Boy" indeed. I call that bold talk from someone who ate Beth's last brownie... =] http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html#comment-11501 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/an_alternative_view_of_canadian_peacekeeping.html#comment-11501 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:47:35 -0600