Author Topic: Friendly Fire, Canada and USA (Read 587 times)

BlckMgk · « **on:** September 05, 2006, 02:47:33 PM »

Just out of curiousity, but my canadian friend wants to know if any of us in the US heard about this today?

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/09/04/afghanfriendly.html

I honestly haven't.

-G

Yeager · « **Reply #1 on:** September 05, 2006, 02:54:08 PM »

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/04/canada.afghan.ap/index.html

if your a news junkie, you know about it. If you aint, then you probably dont know much about anything going on in the world. Im sure there are plenty who prefer it like that.

Tarmac · « **Reply #2 on:** September 05, 2006, 03:19:44 PM »

It made section A of the Detroit Free press, and I read about it this morning online somewhere... cnn.com maybe.

(You are referring to the Canadian soldier being killed, not the major calling it a freak accident, right?)

john9001 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 05, 2006, 03:43:47 PM »

it made the "news" in the USA, of course in the same fight 200 Taliban were killed.

NEWS, ONE NATO SOLDER KILLED.

not news, 200 Taliban killed.

it's called selective editing.

i blame the neo-con controled media:rolleyes:

Shamus · « **Reply #4 on:** September 05, 2006, 04:27:11 PM »

If the Canadian's had shot down the A-10, I bet that would have made the news here before the taliban kia story as well, damn libirules!!!!

shamus

Ripsnort · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2006, 04:29:33 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
it made the "news" in the USA, of course in the same fight 200 Taliban were killed.

NEWS, ONE NATO SOLDER KILLED.

not news, 200 Taliban killed.

it's called selective editing.

i blame the neo-con controled media:rolleyes:

Wolfala · « **Reply #6 on:** September 05, 2006, 04:33:41 PM »

Amazes me how the pick a number like 200 killed. Did they count fingers? Hell, in 1 run you'd need to use Q-tips to find anyone left.

xrtoronto · « **Reply #7 on:** September 05, 2006, 04:41:51 PM »

what I heard here was 200 taliban killed, 80 captured, 1 canadian killed and 30 wounded by friendly fire from US

Pongo · « **Reply #8 on:** September 05, 2006, 07:19:09 PM »

The guys that provide the air support will tend to inflict the air to ground friendly fire casualties for some reason.
Canada can send CF 18s over to take over that role if they like I suppose.

Maverick · « **Reply #9 on:** September 05, 2006, 10:44:19 PM »

I heard about it on a CNN headline news cast. I don't get the paper or watch much news at this time so haven't heard anything more about it.

Damn shame all the way around. to the soldiers hurt as well as the one killed. There will be an investigation, let them do their job and the results will be out later. Friendly fire is a reality of warfare. The one bright spot about it is that it has been fading in occurances. Someday it may go away forever but I doubt in our lifetimes.

xrtoronto · « **Reply #10 on:** September 05, 2006, 10:51:27 PM »

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Originally posted by Maverick
Friendly fire is a reality of warfare.

It is a tragic reality.

That was a nice post Mav

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #11 on:** September 05, 2006, 10:54:13 PM »

Friendly fire, isn't. But it seems to happen in every armed conflict, regardless of who is involved and how well they're trained.

It seems that when air support is not under direct control of the ground forces, or at least not in direct communication, these incidents are far more common than when it is. The further removed the guy in the air is from the guy on the ground, the more likely things will go bad. Even moreso when they are not even from the same country, regardless of being separated by a common language.

It's always a shame when it happens, and it makes a combat loss even more painful.

Debonair · « **Reply #12 on:** September 06, 2006, 12:54:42 AM »

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Originally posted by Yeager
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/04/canada.afghan.ap/index.html

if your a news junkie, you know about it. If you aint, then you probably dont know much about anything going on in the world....

even if you

are, you just

know what

you've read:noid

ghi · « **Reply #13 on:** September 06, 2006, 09:40:36 AM »

Russia lost in Afganistan, 15-20000 men and half milion wounded, and achieved nothing after 10 years of bloody war.

I don't understand what's the American goal in Afganistan?
Were looking for Bin Laden , but if they didn't find him in 5 years what for those troops still there?

Bush"s utopic ideas of building democracy in those radical islamic societies looks soo naiv ,
Let them few more centuries to evolve from cavemen to homosapiens, maybe after try again

~Caligula~ · « **Reply #14 on:** September 06, 2006, 10:07:52 AM »

and while they`re evolving let them slaughter us all they want....wtg