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Originally posted by RACooper
Well Tom I have been under hostile fire and I have fired in anger... peacekeeping isn't always sitting around "monitoring" the two sides; sometimes you have to step in the middle, and other times you have to enforce the peace.
In my case, 10 months after I first joined the Reserves, I found myself face down in the dirty seeking cover from Croat fire in the Medak Pocket.
For those interested here are some links to papers or reports of the action:
http://www.cda-cdai.ca/library/medakpocket2.htm - (Covers public perception as a result of Somalia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Medak_pocket
http://www.balkanpeace.org/wcs/wct/wctc/wctc003.shtml
http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/emai...k_medals021201
Yes we suffered casualities, yes we were engaged in combat for hours, yes we were witness to atrocities... however I don't remember any of the Canadians (or the French) deciding to execute/murder any of the wounded that we came upon... men who had quite likely been shooting at us a short time ago - we treated them just like any other wounded: professional and with respect.
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Did YOU? Great that YOU did. YOUR country must be very happy.
By the way, the situation there was different.
By the way, many have accused your country as well as the other members of NATO as commiting war crimes because of actions taken in the former Yugoslavia (where you served). In fact your country being there was a violation of Canada's own domestic law. You participated in a war crime and it seems you fired in anger you just admit.
-Rudey