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Related: About this forumThis was too good to not post - Rick Mercer rant
Spot on. I especially feel like it needs to be repeated after watching all the ceremonies and seeing the politicians make their appearances.
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This was too good to not post - Rick Mercer rant (Original Post)
laundry_queen
Nov 2013
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. Kick.
mountain grammy
(26,658 posts)2. "We stand for nothing"
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)3. Right on!
I love it.
merrily
(45,251 posts)4. I agree with him about the benefits, but who were Canadians in Afghanistan defending Canada against?
"We ask them to defend us."
I don't think it's healthy or honest to pretend that military action is always about defense.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)8. We could've left sooner IMO
But if you remember what happened to get us there, it's not surprising we ended up there. I don't think, at the time, there was any way out of participating without fully alienating the US. At the time, most people saw it as defending ourselves against terrorism. Of course that's not how it ended up but it doesn't diminish what Rick Mercer said.
interspan
(1 post)5. hypocrisy personified
typical bullying practices by our wimpy self serving politicans
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)6. Hello ~ interspan
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gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)7. welcome to DU
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)9. Yep. Welcome to DU! nt