[Jon Skagfeld]

Attended subject event last night. As usual, with a Highland Infantry Battalion hosting, it was a blast...good meal...good haggis...good company of men.

Guest of Honour was Colonel Pat Stogran, he, PPCLI, was OP COM during the Canadian first rotation in Afghanistan (Op Apollo). That's when four of our guys got blown to hell by Schmidt's F16 of the USAF in his mis-guided mission.

Stogran, during his post prandial speech, alluded to certain facts that you won't see printed in our left-lib press. I can't divulge anything further...

Suffice it to say that our Canadian Forces need to be ramped up into the new century.

Why is it that we have an experienced combat commander, having done a tour in Afghanistan, now driving a desk in Ottawa?
Same thing happened to Lewis McKenzie. I just don't understand the logic behind these postings. Of course, not being a Liberal, perhaps I'm not supposed to understand these moves.

Political rant ends, but military rant is still brewing up!