Another precious one of our young people killed. That brings our total up to 144. Terribly sad.A Canadian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device. Read the developing Story.
“He was the type of soldier that Canadians must think of when they think of their army in Afghanistan – the tough, courageous infantryman, living in austere conditions and doing incredibly difficult work,”
What a shame to lose him. We lost the last soldier on May 3rd. What is shameful is that the Canadian Forces no longer release information on injuries to wounded soldiers. What cost is this? A terrible burden for families.
Pte. Kevin McKay, based in Edmonton with the 1st Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, died in the village of Nakhonay, about 15 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city.
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I, too, question the mission. I think that covers my comment. How I mourn your Canadian dead along with our American dead. I would wish them all back and safe.
I have served in Afghanistan and I know that the Canadian Forces treats it's wounded VERY well. They now allow wounded members (amputies and the like) to return to duty in a non-psyical roll (clerk, storesman, etc). That way there is no fear that loosing a leg or an arm will end your career. The one thing that anyone wounded in theater wants is to be treated the same as they where before they left.
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@Grandma K, all over the world grandmothers like us questions these deaths. Another Canadian dead. The colonel was among 18 people killed in the suicide car bombing in Kabul. Five U.S. soldiers and 12 Afghan civilians also died in the blast.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/20/afghan-ramp-parker.html#ixzz0oTFkZlEw
@Anonymous — that is comforting news if you are, indeed, who you say you are. What we civilians continue to read are stories about those with undiagnosed PTSD, family issues, and those whose careers are over due to social and emotional issues. If you can get back up and feel useful, all the more. But if you cannot there is a price one pays.
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