Article contentDND TO BUILD ‘ELITE’ FORCE
Re: Patriotism will drive Canadians into mobilization force, military report says, online, June 1
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So let me see if I’ve got this straight. The Department of National Defence is hoping for 300,000 volunteers to bolster its reserves and hopes to accomplish this through patriotism and distinct uniforms.
Is this patriotism to be found in the same group who wrap themselves up in a foreign flag and then parade up and down our streets, and, when they get bored, burn our flag (I guess that’s to show the highest form of respect)?
The other oddity is that training is one week per year. Oh, boy, talk about an elite force; right up there with the JTF, SEAL Team 6 and SAS.
Too bad Chuck Norris is dead; he would have been a great leader for this group of highly trained assassins.
WAYNE BOYCE
CARLETON PLACE
FREELAND GETS WAKEUP CALL
Re: Former deputy PM Chrystia Freeland called ‘Nazi,’ ‘Zionist dog’ at Toronto event, online, May 26
No one, ever, should be the recipient of the ugly rhetoric of a pro-Hamas supporter. That being said, perhaps Chrystia Freeland can now better understand the terror these creeps have been causing Jewish Canadians across the country.
When she was an MP, her vocal support for the Jewish community would have been welcomed. Now she can tell our prime minister what it feels like to be attacked. Unfortunately, this will probably not alter Mark Carney’s already biased views.
PHYLLIS LEVIN
TORONTO
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