Red Friday – Part 2
Sep.23, 2006 in
Armed Forces, Personal, Video
This is the second installment of my video from the rally on Parliament Hill in support of our troops overseas and families here at home. This segment is primarily focussed on the speech given by General Rick Hillier, the head of our armed forces.
This is a great speech. Worth the 10 minutes of time.
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September 23rd, 2006 at 9:28 am
Great video! Makes me feel almost like I was there (and I really wanted to be). I really liked the part where the General talked about women getting whipped for their shoes clicking and how we should think of the soldiers who are helping make this stop. Could someone please put on this website exactly what he said as it was hard to hear in parts? So nice that the soldier injured by friendly fire was honoured. I wear red on Fridays and try to spread the word. Thank you for making this video available for those who wanted to be there.
September 23rd, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Right On , I loved to see all the proud Canadians cheering , the VETS celebrating . It was truly awesome . I wish I could have been there. I didn’t see a single NDP Talaban Jack nay sayer . We also didn’t get a pile of leftest’s being interview smearing the support that our Brave soldiers deserve. I have it archived ubder my favourites so that I can re visit the event.
God Bless Canada , the Soldiers , and Afghany non Taliban people , and God Bless our Government.
September 23rd, 2006 at 6:02 pm
Would someone be so kind as to explain to me just what “Support the troops” means?
September 23rd, 2006 at 8:42 pm
Todd, if you don’t know then you are one of those is alluded to in the videos as still “not getting it”.
But if you want a definition, I think each needs to look in themselves to find the answer. There are several generic things some consider “supporting the troops”
ex. have you ever donated or helped out your local legion? Have you ever thanked a veteran for their contribution to making the world a safer place for us all? Have you ever thought about what veterans did to give us the freedom to protest without getting “purged”? Have you ever sent a gift basket or a thank you card to the troops who are in 19 different countries around the world? Have you ever volunteered to read to a veteran who lost his sight in one of the wars?
There are literally hundreds of ways that you can show support for the troops. There isn’t a simple definition.
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:11 pm
If it’s so simple and as ubiquitous as you say, how come the slogan’s only appeared in (my) living memory, since around the start of the invasion of Iraq? I don’t recall it (or the Red Day) being bandied about when Canadians were/are in, say, Somalia, Rwanda, or Haiti.
And I’m not asking about the different ways one can do nice things for soldiers (preventing them from being killed pointlessly in the first place seems an especially kind thing to add to your list); I’m asking about this slogan itself and its positioning wrt to Canadians in Afghanistan.
September 24th, 2006 at 12:47 am
Well Todd …perhaps it is a bigger movement now because it presently is not only a response by Canadians, as much as it is a reaction to the media and politicians whose behaviour has been ‘unsupporive’ to our troops. The military serving abroad need to know that the rest of Canada cares and will not degrade their efforts.
I hope these videos get to the girls and guys ‘over there’.
September 26th, 2006 at 7:37 am
How have politicians been “unsupportive”? The Conservatives pretty much as a bloc have been supportive of sending troops to Afghanistan (supporting the Liberals who sent them there in the first place). Core Liberals aren’t willing to call them back or even entertain the suggestion. The NDP is too small a voice to consider, even with the PQ.
And how has the media been “unsupportive” (and what do you mean by media, anyway: the owners? the reporters? the content they’re covering?).
(Still no answer to my original question . . . .)