http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/04/wednesday-night-1363/ Where the world comes together Sat, 17 May 2008 01:50:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/04/wednesday-night-1363/#comment-2208 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:37:54 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/04/wednesday-night-1363/#comment-2208 A thoughtful piece from MediaScout Canada<strong><a href="http://www.mediascout.ca/2008/04/16/everybody-loves-rick/" rel="nofollow"> Everybody Loves Rick</a></strong> "In successfully advocating for his soldiers’ welfare and arguing for the equipment they need to be effective, Hillier can be proud of having done a tough job well and amply demonstrated that he deserves the respect and affection that flow so visibly and easily between himself and his soldiers. However, in pushing so forcefully for the Afghan mission as the post-peacekeeping future of the Canadian Forces, and repeatedly linking political decisions over where and how to deploy troops with our moral obligations to respect them, Hillier crossed a dangerous, if not always clear, line between what we expect from our military leaders and what we demand from our civilian ones." A thoughtful piece from MediaScout Canada Everybody Loves Rick
“In successfully advocating for his soldiers’ welfare and arguing for the equipment they need to be effective, Hillier can be proud of having done a tough job well and amply demonstrated that he deserves the respect and affection that flow so visibly and easily between himself and his soldiers. However, in pushing so forcefully for the Afghan mission as the post-peacekeeping future of the Canadian Forces, and repeatedly linking political decisions over where and how to deploy troops with our moral obligations to respect them, Hillier crossed a dangerous, if not always clear, line between what we expect from our military leaders and what we demand from our civilian ones.”

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