Battle of the Medak Pocket

[Jon Skagfeld]

Yep...this date, 1993, Op Palladium.

First (official) fire fight Canadian troops experienced since Korea.

Bitter after thoughts...just who the hell were feeding the Muslims with arms and just who the hell were feeding the Croats with arms?

People on the ground know damn well who was arming which side. Colossal hypocrisy at the UN/NATO level. Platitudes...ethnic cleansing...genocide...to what end?

There's still turmoil in the area, just as there still is in Somalia, Congo, Zambia, Sudan etc, after Canadian troops participated in either Chapter 6 or Chapter 7 interventions.

So what good does it do to introduce Western troops into developing nations to try and assuage their tribal wars?

Sidebar...do you have any idea how much the Afghanistan deployments are costing the Canadian taxpayer?

Here's your (partial) answer...for example...every deployed soldier gets a tax-free bonus of $25,000.00 at completion of tour.

Do your math: $25K x 2500 troops per 6 month deployment x 5 years we've been there plus 2 more years we're committed to

Factor in regular pay, Herc flights, Commercial flights to
Dubai, food, fuel, ammo, etc, etc, etc plus ongoing VAC care for wounded returnees, casket and burial costs...and on and on...

Hey, guys, I'm a very staunch supporter of the troops but I do think that we're way over our heads in this caper in A'Stan.

Sorry for the thread hijack, ...

Rant ends..