tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post7158594227583056548..comments2023-10-25T04:54:37.147-07:00Comments on Just Right: Those "aging warplanes"JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884491329536733335noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-42169351635080745372014-10-15T10:46:52.124-07:002014-10-15T10:46:52.124-07:00Interesting that Canada agonizes over what should ...Interesting that Canada agonizes over what should have been a no-brainer decision to contribute 6 F-18's. Contrast this with Belgium, which despite a government usually paralyzed by Flemish-Walloon antagonism, on Sept 26 quickly approved sending 6 F-16's plus transport planes by a vote of 114-2. (The planes had already been dispatched in anticipation of the vote). They dropped their first bombs Monday Oct 6.<br /><br />Defense minister Pieter De Crem stated “We realise that there are risks attached to our participation, but we are not going to shirk our responsibility.”NVannoreply@blogger.com