Bizarre Does Not Even Begin To Describe This
Canada to stage mock Afghan attack in Washington
"The Taliban will attack an Afghan village set up in the heart of Washington courtesy of the Canadian Forces, who will send in a medic in a dramatic effort to save a civilian crippled by the explosion.
At least four times over two days this month, simulated IED blasts will bring the Afghan war – and Canada's combat role in Kandahar – home to Americans if an elaborate scheme based on modern training realism attracts widespread attention, as is hoped.
“If this works the way I want it to, more Americans will know what Canada is doing in Afghanistan,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Martin, a military attaché at the Canadian embassy.
A clutch of top American generals, powerful Capitol Hill players and Afghan experts from both sides of the border are expected at the two-day conference hosted by the embassy.
But the highlight will be the explosive blasts, simulating the powerful improvised explosive devices wreaking havoc in Afghanistan, to be staged twice a day.
Whether they will send jumpy tourists and Washingtonians on Pennsylvania Avenue fleeing in fear remains unknown, but embassy officials say they have a green light from the Secret Service, the State Department and the D.C. fire marshal.
The mock village, complete with a small souk and peopled by nearly a dozen Afghan actors, will be created in the courtyard of the Canadian embassy, halfway between the Capitol and the White House. A handful of Canadian soldiers and, Col. Martin hopes, U.S. Marines will arrive to “see the village leader” just as the IED blows up, “critically injuring” at least one Afghan, who will get immediate first aid from a Canadian medic.
“It should provide the full flavour of hyper-realistic training,” said Col. Martin, adding: “Absolutely, you are going to hear it out on Pennsylvania Avenue.”
I visited Tombstone AZ where the shootout at the OK corral is enacted several times a day, reinforcing that day's mythology. And yes, you can hear it out on the street too.
"The Taliban will attack an Afghan village set up in the heart of Washington courtesy of the Canadian Forces, who will send in a medic in a dramatic effort to save a civilian crippled by the explosion.
At least four times over two days this month, simulated IED blasts will bring the Afghan war – and Canada's combat role in Kandahar – home to Americans if an elaborate scheme based on modern training realism attracts widespread attention, as is hoped.
“If this works the way I want it to, more Americans will know what Canada is doing in Afghanistan,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Martin, a military attaché at the Canadian embassy.
A clutch of top American generals, powerful Capitol Hill players and Afghan experts from both sides of the border are expected at the two-day conference hosted by the embassy.
But the highlight will be the explosive blasts, simulating the powerful improvised explosive devices wreaking havoc in Afghanistan, to be staged twice a day.
Whether they will send jumpy tourists and Washingtonians on Pennsylvania Avenue fleeing in fear remains unknown, but embassy officials say they have a green light from the Secret Service, the State Department and the D.C. fire marshal.
The mock village, complete with a small souk and peopled by nearly a dozen Afghan actors, will be created in the courtyard of the Canadian embassy, halfway between the Capitol and the White House. A handful of Canadian soldiers and, Col. Martin hopes, U.S. Marines will arrive to “see the village leader” just as the IED blows up, “critically injuring” at least one Afghan, who will get immediate first aid from a Canadian medic.
“It should provide the full flavour of hyper-realistic training,” said Col. Martin, adding: “Absolutely, you are going to hear it out on Pennsylvania Avenue.”
I visited Tombstone AZ where the shootout at the OK corral is enacted several times a day, reinforcing that day's mythology. And yes, you can hear it out on the street too.
posted by nolocontendere at 10:44 PM
6 Comments:
Good god-what next??? Strange times these are! Thanks for keeping us all updated on the news especially the under-reported kind that the PTB would like to see swept under the rug! best to all of you here as always!!
Repeatedly recreating a Canadian firefight from Afghanistan in the heart of Washington DC. All to impress officials with the wonderfullness of Canadian efforts in the war-that-has-no-mission, no doubt followed by dinner and drinks all around. As you say, strange times.
Hi Nolo:
Is the purpose of this staged farce to make the Canadian military look ridiculous in AmeriKan eyes, or is it to pretend that Canadians are in any way, shape or form in support of the Afghanistan war?
My feeling is the latter...but the bottom line is that since Canada was dragged into this war...successive minority governments are all that the public will "elect". Almost a decade of minority governments was formerly unheard of...as these governments usually fell in a matter of months. Now, with Canadians not having an anti war party as an option to vote for...they are staying away from the polls in droves...it a methodical destruction of our "democracy" amongst other atrocities.
We cannot get this Zionist monkey off our backs...and so we are forced to parade around Washtington like pet monkeys on a leash instead.
gc
"Hmm..." begins Joshua Keating at Foreign Policy magazine. "Loud explosions on Pennsylvania Avenue with armed soldiers and 'Afghans' running around. What could possibly go wrong?"
"That Air Force One Manhattan flyover doesn't seem quite so bad anymore," he added.
Hi,
IED is a serious problem, no doubt about it. I am just not sure if it is a good idea to bring panic among american civilians and if this will help to make the war more popular as it is. As it is loosing its credit already. For me it just does not look professional at all.
Jay
They'll probly videotape the whole thing and use it to sell the war as a humanitarian action, playing it over and over ad nauseum, to try to counteract all the bad press they've been getting.
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