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(This may be more appropriate in Military History: I leave that to the mods...)
We are in the final days of our significant military presence in FRY. With the exception of the individuals remaining on BRONZE and BOREAS, FRY will be part of our history, rather than somewhere we prepare to deploy to. The CF operations in FRY started, (and have largely finished), within the careers of many of us on this board. A lot of us were there, or know people who were. Many of us know people who did not come home alive, or whole in body or mind, from FRY. Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Kosovo have all seen a Canadian military presence. Around 40,000 of us went through those places (some more than once) For a long time, it was "the place" for our Army (and to a lesser extent other commands).
So, as FRY begins slowly to fade out of current ops into history, what do we all think about what we did there? Was it worth it? Did we do the right things at the right times? Was NATO all that much better than UNPROFOR, or did the UN just get bad press? Whose agenda were we serving?(those who experienced the HV's offensive GROM in 1995 might want to respond to that) What have we learned for "next time, next place"?
Over to you.
Cheers
We are in the final days of our significant military presence in FRY. With the exception of the individuals remaining on BRONZE and BOREAS, FRY will be part of our history, rather than somewhere we prepare to deploy to. The CF operations in FRY started, (and have largely finished), within the careers of many of us on this board. A lot of us were there, or know people who were. Many of us know people who did not come home alive, or whole in body or mind, from FRY. Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Kosovo have all seen a Canadian military presence. Around 40,000 of us went through those places (some more than once) For a long time, it was "the place" for our Army (and to a lesser extent other commands).
So, as FRY begins slowly to fade out of current ops into history, what do we all think about what we did there? Was it worth it? Did we do the right things at the right times? Was NATO all that much better than UNPROFOR, or did the UN just get bad press? Whose agenda were we serving?(those who experienced the HV's offensive GROM in 1995 might want to respond to that) What have we learned for "next time, next place"?
Over to you.
Cheers