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JAN 29, 2005 08:17 AM
JAN 29, 2005 08:21 AM
Yeah, I bet she gets right back to them on that. 
Why did all those Americans go to Canada to avoid the draft if they were sending troops there anyway?
She's a freak-show, and an utter waste of breath to discuss. Conservatives should tell her to just shut the fuck up.
Cash
USA
OLD SKOOL
JAN 29, 2005 08:21 AM
venomkid
I'm lost
January 2003
JAN 29, 2005 08:22 AM
JAN 29, 2005 08:28 AM
waldo said:
She's probably getting confused with Australia, which did send troops to Vietnam.
Mind you, "all you former British colonies look alike to me" shouldn't really cut it for modern political commentators.
The interviewer made the same point about Australia - but she wasn't swayed from the rightness of her belief.
JAN 29, 2005 08:53 AM
Pauillac said:
waldo said:
She's probably getting confused with Australia, which did send troops to Vietnam.
Mind you, "all you former British colonies look alike to me" shouldn't really cut it for modern political commentators.
The interviewer made the same point about Australia - but she wasn't swayed from the rightness of her belief.
Well, no, from what I've heard about her she wouldn't be. Even if she had been, it'd only expose her as ignorant (as well as biased and stupid).
JAN 29, 2005 08:57 AM
JAN 29, 2005 09:42 AM
Hmm...let's think here.
Vietnam throws the US Selective Service into gear.
Draft-dodgers flee to Canada.
Now, had Canada actually participated in that particular police action, wouldn't they have sent the draft-dodgers instead? 
HenryTMensch
New York, NY
December 2004
JAN 29, 2005 09:55 AM
JAN 29, 2005 10:34 AM
JAN 29, 2005 10:35 AM
Ann Coulter makes me feel better about life simply because I'm not her.
JAN 29, 2005 10:37 AM
JAN 29, 2005 10:56 AM
JAN 29, 2005 11:08 AM
JAN 29, 2005 11:11 AM
JAN 29, 2005 11:14 AM
O'Reilly had the full spin going last night, calling the CBC a tool of the left wing Canadian government and coddling Rachel Marsden like she'd been plied with roofies and date raped by the McKenzie Brothers.
Poor Faux News - they just can't get a break. 
And here's the lowdown on Canadian involvement in Vietnam.
http://www.vwam.com/vets/canadians.html
Although not directly involved in the Vietnam War, Canada was part of the International Control Commission (ICC) set up by the Geneva Conference in 1954. "Unlike Hungry and Poland, which supported North Vietnam," writes Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr., in his Vietnam War Almanac, "Canada attempted to remain impartial. However, it provided economic assistance to South Vietnam." As a result of the Paris Peace Accords of 1973, the ICC was superseded by the International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS). Canada and Poland remained members, but India was replaced by Indonesia. "When it became apparent that the North Vietnamese had no intention of living up to the accords," says Summers, "Canada withdrew on July 31, 1973 and was replaced by Iran."
Although pressured by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson to become part of the "Free World Military Forces" (Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Taiwan and the Kingdom of Thailand) which provided combat troops to aid South Vietnam, the Canadian cabinet believed that because of its ICC membership Canada had to remain its impartiality.
But while Canada as a nation was not involved, Canadians themselves formed the largest foreign contingent in the U.S. military during the Vietnam era. Some estimate that their numbers far suppressed the more than 30,000 Americans draft dodgers who fled to Canada to avoid military service during the war. While exact numbers are impossible to obtain, from my work as a military historian with the Canadian War Museum, I estimate that of the many thousands who served in the U.S. Vietnam-era military, some 12,000 Canadians actually served in Vietnam itself.
This intermingling of forces was not a new phenomenon. Since the American Civil War, Canadians have served in the U.S. military and, over the years 40 have won the Medal of Honor, America's highest military award. In the Spanish American War, for example, two brothers from Nova Scotia, Willard and Harry Miller, won the Medal of Honor for conspicuous bravery above and beyond the call of duty.
Some Canadians also served in the American forces during both world wars and the Korean War. Conversely, over 35,000 Americans joined the Canadian Army during World War 1 (recall that Canada was fighting the war from 1914 to 1917 before America became involved).
Again, in World War II, some 30,000 Americans, encouraged by such war movies as Captain of the Clouds, joined the Canadian forces during the period 1939 to 1941 while the United States was still neutral.
Thus, when the Vietnam War broke out, it was not unusual that Canadians would join, or allow themselves to be drafted into, the American military
[Edited on Jan 29, 2005 by googuse]
JAN 29, 2005 11:19 AM
JAN 29, 2005 11:23 AM
JAN 29, 2005 11:24 AM
googuse said:
Stirfry said:
i keep asking this question, but i never get an answer....
is there such a thing as "Canadian Armed Forces"?
Of course there is.
I linked directly to the English page, so as not to throw you in a tizzy over having the French language offend your pure, steely, flag-reflecting American eyes.
yeah, because that was obviously a serious question... 
i am not offended by it... i just may NOT BE ABLE TO READ IT. it being a forign launguage and all.
relax, man. i love America Jr. i was just kidding.
JAN 29, 2005 11:27 AM
JAN 29, 2005 11:32 AM
AndrewB
Victoria, BC
August 2003
JAN 29, 2005 11:33 AM
I like how many liberals and conservatives can unite in their dislike for her
JAN 29, 2005 11:34 AM
unperson said:
I like how many liberals and conservatives can unite in their dislike for her
Finally, something they can agree on.
Pauillac
Canada
April 2003
JAN 29, 2005 07:26 AM