In terms of the whole Somalia incident and the Airborne regiment:
The only way I would be cool with that exhibit, is if it also out and out calls Chretien and the Liberal government spineless cowards for disbanding one of the greatest military units in Canadian history.
Regardless of that one incident (where the criminal personnel were not numerous), the contributions of the Airborne to worldwide humanitarian and military operations are countless. Many excellent soldiers just simply quit after the government screwed them around.
At military school, one of the staff members was former Sgt. Mark Boland (the duty NCO for the guys who committed the crime). He got fucked by the system, which wanted to assign accountability - even where it was not appropriate. It was a case of scapegoating for people like him.
As for the rest of the museum:
Canadians by and large don't like to think about the fact that the primary job of soldiers is to kill other human beings. I'm afraid that the museum will pander to this point of view, and work to use public opinion to further neuter the warrior spirit of our combat arms personnel.
I'm going to go and check it out, though. To see for myself how they handled things.
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Date: 6 May 2005 17:55 (UTC)The only way I would be cool with that exhibit, is if it also out and out calls Chretien and the Liberal government spineless cowards for disbanding one of the greatest military units in Canadian history.
Regardless of that one incident (where the criminal personnel were not numerous), the contributions of the Airborne to worldwide humanitarian and military operations are countless. Many excellent soldiers just simply quit after the government screwed them around.
At military school, one of the staff members was former Sgt. Mark Boland (the duty NCO for the guys who committed the crime). He got fucked by the system, which wanted to assign accountability - even where it was not appropriate. It was a case of scapegoating for people like him.
As for the rest of the museum:
Canadians by and large don't like to think about the fact that the primary job of soldiers is to kill other human beings. I'm afraid that the museum will pander to this point of view, and work to use public opinion to further neuter the warrior spirit of our combat arms personnel.
I'm going to go and check it out, though. To see for myself how they handled things.