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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: The Tragedy of Canada's Military
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:53:52 -0000 (UTC)
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On Nov 19, 2024 at 1:07:46 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
>>  
>>  
> As promised, my friend who spent most of his adult life in the Canadian 
> Armed Forces had this to say about your post when he finally replied today:
> 
> =============================================================================
> =============================================================================
> ==
> 
> Most of his observations are correct, although if I remember my military 
> slang, a "cover" is head dress. Different branches of service and even 
> different units wear different types of head dress on parade, for 
> example tan berets are the CSOR unit while red berets are the Military 
> Police. In this case, the Naval contingent was wearing the peaked caps, 
> with one member wearing a Sikh turban in naval colours. I wasn't clear 
> what units these actually were since I didn't get a glimpse of unit 
> titles or cap badges. I am guessing these were actually Reserve units on 
> parade, which isn't much of an excuse, really.
> 
> The weird, robot-like precision of the Chinese military on parade is due 
> to the extreme measures they take during parade rehearsals. I recall 
> seeing pictures of them being lined up using string, even the level of 
> their chins were dictated by a piece of string.
> 
> http://en.people.cn/n3/2019/0926/c90000-9618252-7.html
> 
> So while they were practicing this, what are Western soldiers doing? 
> Hopefully more useful training like map reading or range time (although 
> that isn't always a given either).
> 
> Hopefully, sanity and reality return to the Canadian Armed Forces, but 
> "we" have relied on the US to prop us up for so long, it might be a hard 
> habit to break

And the U.S. isn't much better, with troon generals and endless DEI
indoctrination PowerPoints.