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Subject: Re: The Tragedy of Canada's Military
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:59:09 -0500
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On 2024-11-14 5:44 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Nov 14, 2024 at 1:50:35 PM PST, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 2024-11-14 2:13 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>
>>>   No this isn’t a Monte Python skit about the Ministry of Silly Walks. It's
>>> the
>>>   Canadian military on Remembrance Day after nine years of leftist
>>>   virtue-signaling and DEI hiring practices.
>>>   
>>>
>>> https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1856525088209645568/pu/vid/avc1/720x870/TdRvChZXmRWAk4tv.mp4?tag=12
>>>   
>>>   Scruffy long hair, unkempt beards, slovenly appearance, can’t dress the
>>> lines,
>>>   no uniformity in dress or cover, out of step, many out of shape - basically
>>> a
>>>   gigantic, shambling pile of shit. If they can't even march together in sync
>>>   how could they ever coordinate on a battlefield? No unit cohesion
>>> whatsoever.
>>>   And speaking English is no longer a requirement to join the Canadian
>>> military,
>>>   so that just would just add to the battlefield confusion.
>>>   
>>>   Don’t be too hard on them, though. At least they have tampons in their
>>>   washrooms.
>>>   
>>>   Meanwhile, over in China...
>>>   
>>>
>>> https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1856786600774279168/pu/vid/avc1/960x540/YRtAfV1zXys_co9J.mp4?tag=12
> 
>> I just shared your post with my friend who spent most of his adult life
>> in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). He has very similar views to both of
>> us in terms of politics so I'm curious what he's going to say.
>>
>> While I'm waiting on his response, I'll just make a few comments that
>> I'm sure he won't disagree with. First, the CAF is bilingual. There are
>> several English-speaking units and a few French-speaking ones. Even
>> their business cards are bilingual. I don't very much about how it works
>> beyond what I've said but I've never heard him say it was any kind of
>> problem.
> 
> Yes, I wasn't referring to the English/French thing which is part of Canadian
> culture and tradition and has been worked out long ago. I'm referring to the
> DEI policies that now allow anyone from any country to join up even if they
> know not a scrap of English (or French).
> 
Fair enough. I wasn't sure if you realized it was a bilingual force.

As for a language requirement, I suspect there is a requirement for 
reasonable fluency in French or English; then again, that may be more 
wishful thinking than reality. They are not meeting their recruiting 
goals in recent years so may have lowered their standards, including in 
languages, to get more people. I remember reading that they are hoping 
to recruit more people that aren't yet citizens, which implies that 
there would be more recruits that aren't particular fluent in English or 
French given that our immigrants are from all over. However, each 
recruit needs to be vetted with respect to security and that takes a 
goodly while so some of them may be more fluent by the time they 
actually enter the CAF than they were when they applied.


>> Third, marching is not fighting. If the CAF marching looks somewhat
>> ragged - and I agree it does - we've got a fair bit of experience
>> fighting and I understand we are held in pretty high regard by other
>> armies. China, on the other hand, hasn't fought anyone since they tried
>> to invade North Vietnam in 1979 and got their asses handed to them. The
>> time before that was when they had a short war (or two) with India in 
>> the 60s.
>>
>> Fourth, I give you one of China's top generals, who is actually a
>> grandson of Chairman Mao:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTKhokjRVMk [15 minutes]
>>
>> If this is what passes for a top general in China, I'd say the world is
>> in a lot less danger than generally thought.
> 
> However, I'm pretty sure no one is worrying about what some corporal's
> preferred pronouns are in the People's Liberation Army. Some guy tries that
> shit, he'd probably be led out back shown the CCP's preferred bullet calibre.
> 
> 
Indeed! I'm sure they don't take a whole lot of crap from their people. 
Mind you, the PLA is notoriously corrupt so if you got into the PLA via 
connections, that may protect you from retribution for certain missteps. 
But I highly doubt they have any of this pronoun nonsense. I've never 
heard of China having even the slightest patience for any of that.

-- 
Rhino