an interesting ad in the DC metro or Canadians this is where your tax dollars go

[lord of the mark]

So last week i have an appointment that takes me to the Crystal City Virginia metro station. Crystal City is an office complex about a half mile from the pentagon, and its filled with Dept of Defence offices, so you get some unusual ads posted in the metro station, like defense contractors touting the new missile or plane (one ad last week, was for a littoral defence system - i dont need to tell you one person with a marker had deconstructed THAT ad)

So I see this big ad with pictures of soldiers in combat fatigues - ok - and a big red maple leaf. Something about Kandahar, and a suggestion to look at Canadianally.com for more information.

Well, it made sense I suppose. But still, these are interesting times.

[Wezil]

We know of the ad campaign. It is designed to raise awareness among Americans of the Canadian committment to the war on terror......

I've seen our tax dollars spent on sillier things.

[OzzyKP]

Well I'm impressed. Though I'm worried, they may be spreading themselves thin:

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/operations/current_ops_e.asp

22 soliders in Bosnia
6 in Haiti
9 in the Congo

Canada is a powerful ally to be sure. Critical to the defence of freedom all over the world.

I bet you could find some small rural county in Tennessee with more troops deployed around the world.

[Jaguar]

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
Canada is a powerful ally to be sure. Critical to the defence of freedom all over the world.

Yes, that's what we do. We leave illegal invasions to the Americans.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
Well I'm impressed. Though I'm worried, they may be spreading themselves thin:

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/operations/current_ops_e.asp

22 soliders in Bosnia
6 in Haiti
9 in the Congo

Canada is a powerful ally to be sure. Critical to the defence of freedom all over the world.

I bet you could find some small rural county in Tennessee with more troops deployed around the world.

Wow! Was that ever selective reading of the website you linked....

It starts (1st sentence that apparently you missed...):

More than 2,700 Canadian soldiers, sailors and Air Force personnel are deployed overseas on operational missions.

Now. What small rural Tennesee county shall we compare?

[Jaguar]

Considering there are 240,000 in the Army overseas, 350,000 in the Navy, (of whom about half are away from port right now) and more in the National Guard and Air Force, I would think it highly likely that some small counties, especially ones containing military bases, have over 3000 troops overseas.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Jaguar
Considering there are 240,000 in the Army overseas, 350,000 in the Navy, (of whom about half are away from port right now) and more in the National Guard and Air Force, I would think it highly likely that some small counties, especially ones containing military bases, have over 3000 troops overseas.

counting guys on which base theyre from, rather than where they actually came from, is a tad silly though.

[Dinner]

Every little bit helps.

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by Wezil
We know of the ad campaign. It is designed to raise awareness among Americans of the Canadian committment to the war on terror......

But why?
Would that bring more american tourists to Canada?

[Gangerolf]

damn otbot ruining my posts

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Gangerolf


But why?
Would that bring more american tourists to Canada?

Trade issues, mainly.

We want US voters to look on Canada more favourably, so that their politicians stop dicking us around on trade.

[Dinner]

Hell, we'd like our politicians to stop dicking us around too.

[Wezil]

Yep.

Not in Iraq - we want the US to know we are in Afghanistan....

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
damn otbot ruining my posts

I can't solve the red thing or the random bolding & capitalizing of text but at least OTBOT's stupid code to line out the word OTBOT is easily defeated.

Regular: OTBOT

New & Improved: OTBOT