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Played the racism card:
The "Did Minister Sajjan 'Order' Sikh's To Be Airlifted?" Merged Thread
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Jarnhamar
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That poor poor man. Everyone is against him because he's a Sikh.
Any bets he pulled that card every time he screwed up on BMOQ?
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Regardless of if he is playing the race card, he has a massive reputation of dishonesty and a lack of integrity.
He could argue that the sky was blue and I'd still need to look up and make sure myself.
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Please... I have two of those.
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Latest: someone high up says it was "legal orders" ....
Military was following 'legal orders' to try to rescue Afghan Sikhs, Gen. Eyre says
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces was following "legal orders" when it tried to rescue a group of Afghan Sikhs during the fall of Kabul three years ago, Chief of
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We don’t know that, but we do know that someone whom the Canadian government ’said it was trying to help’ was killed years later (2023) while IRCC was allegedly ‘still doing its thing’ to help…
Latest: someone high up says it was "legal orders" ....
From the piece quoting the CDS:Military was following 'legal orders' to try to rescue Afghan Sikhs, Gen. Eyre says
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces was following "legal orders" when it tried to rescue a group of Afghan Sikhs during the fall of Kabul three years ago, Chief ofwww.thecanadianpressnews.ca
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CDS is pretty clear. The ArchitectTM seems to be the one downplaying his part in directing the op. Perhaps his German isn’t very strong… Auftragstaktik
daftandbarmy
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Jarnhamar
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The CDS seems to disagree with Sajjan's creative story telling about the events.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Canadian military was following ‘legal orders’ to try to rescue Afghan Sikhs, Gen. Eyre says
Canadian military was following ‘legal orders’ to try to rescue Afghan Sikhs, Gen. Eyre says
Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre said the military had an ‘expansive list’ of people it was tasked to help
www.theglobeandmail.com
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Like those way smarter than me have said elsewhere, if the Minister "suggests" something of some sort to a commander, no matter how it's worded, most would take it as an order - full stop. And as a former soldier, this Minister would/should have known that.The CDS seems to disagree with Sajjan's creative story telling about the events.
Canadian military was following ‘legal orders’ to try to rescue Afghan Sikhs, Gen. Eyre says
Canadian military was following ‘legal orders’ to try to rescue Afghan Sikhs, Gen. Eyre says
Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre said the military had an ‘expansive list’ of people it was tasked to help
Certainly. It’s also important to understand the legal relationship between MND and CAF as the narrative on this gets argued over. The lawful authority MND has to ‘direct’ CAF by virtue of s. 4 NDA could be relevant in understand where responsibility for this lies, and just as importantly, to call out any attempts to weasel out from responsibility.
he said he didn't order it. This has already been covered earlier. Information from the minister is tantamount to being a very strong suggestion/order. Sajeen is an expert at using half truths to obfuscate issues.
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Will no one
Words have meanings and consequences. Whether you directly order someone to do something or not is irrelevant. Your subordinates will act to accomplish the tasks you frame as important. As the MND he should have know that, and as a someone holding a commission he should definitely have known that.
Jarnhamar
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And let's be real, IF he made it a suggestion (and not an actual order) he knew exactly how it would be construed.
It's the same way Trudeau made suggestions to Butts when dealing with the SNC bit. Plausible deniability. Trudeau never "ordered" Butts to do anything.
These people aren't amateurs.
When did you turn so disposed to kindness?
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He had every opportunity to issue a stop drop if he felt that his information was being misconstrued.
He did not.
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You know after reading of the Argument the then SECDEF MacNamara had with the the then CNO Burke.
And the number of time President Johnson use to call call up Battalion and Brigade commanders when they were actually engaged with troops in contact.
At least I thought well thank god that can't happen here.
I honestly am having a great deal of trouble wrapping my head around the concept of either the Minister or a senior civil servant interfering with an ongoing operation.
Especially of all people this particular Minister.
Who really should have known better.
And this excuse of maintaining civilian control is an incredibly bad excuse for what happened.
Civil control of the military means on tactical level. Authorization of the plan , Oversight and support both logistical and in providing intelligence , Yes I have no problem with that.
It's how it should be. However changing operational goals and direction of the mission absolutely not while apparently they were already in country.
And the number of time President Johnson use to call call up Battalion and Brigade commanders when they were actually engaged with troops in contact.
At least I thought well thank god that can't happen here.
I honestly am having a great deal of trouble wrapping my head around the concept of either the Minister or a senior civil servant interfering with an ongoing operation.
Especially of all people this particular Minister.
Who really should have known better.
And this excuse of maintaining civilian control is an incredibly bad excuse for what happened.
Civil control of the military means on tactical level. Authorization of the plan , Oversight and support both logistical and in providing intelligence , Yes I have no problem with that.
It's how it should be. However changing operational goals and direction of the mission absolutely not while apparently they were already in country.
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Try reading Michael Gordon's "Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq" if you want to get some insight into Rumsfeld's meddling before and during Iraq
