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G'Day, I was out this past 11 Nov with some old friends. As is usual, we were lying and swapping war stories when we started talking about Rwanda. I had not thought about that place in a long while. Anyhow, I was lucky (unlucky) enough to serve 4 of my 6 months with the Aussie med unit in...

I've noticed the disappearance of forums and threads/topics. One day I can see an interesting item, such as the one that contained the editorial replies, and threads/topics such as the one discussing which Unions were sponsors/endorsers to the CPA and it's proposed demonstrations against CF in...

Maybe they (UN, EU and ICJ) could get the Israelis to give the coordinates to the IDF military installations to their enemies. (remember that's Israeli DEFENCE Force) Oh, and they could also post the timings when it would be best to attack them. While they're at it they could gather in large...

I would like to say sorry to all Canadians for the absolutely foolish thing that my fellow Ontarions did last night.

I read this in the Toronto Sun columnist section by Mr Peter Worthington. It is another perspective valid of your time to read. this is the link to it, http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Toronto/Peter_Worthington/2004/06/26/514680.html Increasingly, many Americans (and others) are...

When was the last WW2 soldier (enemy) captured? In other words, how long did he last before either being captured or surrendering to Allied forces? Slainte

The last week has been a single repeating cycle of work, getting kids fed, washed and off to bed and then watching the History Channel for my D-Day fix. One thing that has struck me very keenly was the quality of civilian leadership in charge of USA, Britain. Not only were people like Churchill...

This fellow, Lt Paul Reickhoff has been interviewed several times over the last 2 or 3 days. The meat of the story is that he served 10 months overseas in Iraq as a platoon commander of a Nat'l Guard unit. After his return, he began voicing his opinion of the war in Iraq. While he seemed to take...

I was on the phone a little while ago with a friend working in TO (during working hours of course) and we were talking about the subject and it‘s meaning. He was asking if I knew the significance of it and the tassles. I told him that it was for carrying casualties off the battlefield till the...