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Уходя в отставку после 35 лет службы и принимая престижную награду Vimi Award, генерал Michel Maisonneuvee выступил с разгромной речью по поводу нынешнего состояния дел в армии и в стране вообще. У нас в стране ведь как ни смелый генерал, солдат или полицейский - так непременно в отставке, или на пенсии. А пока на службе так они все тише воды ниже травы, послушно тянут лямку и не отсвечивают. Тех двоих смелых полицейских, которые в прошлом феврале таки высказали то что думают обо всем этом, показательно повозили мордой по асфальту и уволили с позором, безо всяких там пенсий. А офицерессу что осмелилась пожертвовать участникам протестов лишили недельной зарплаты и отправили на принудительное перевоспитание путем встречи с оттавскими жертвами конвоя. А пусть там поползает на брюхе перед этими несчастными и извиняется, падла, извиняется!

Смелые и принципиальные в органах и в армии нам не нужны, нам нужны послушные.

Речь генерала, тем не менее, была встречена стоячей овацией со стороны присутствующих на церемонии заслуженных лиц высшего командования армии. Полный текст или видео речи найти мне пока не удалось, поэтому приходится довольствоваться выдержками в пересказе так насываемых "журналистов". Уважаемые издания "Торонто Сан", "Нашионал Пост" и "Оттава Ситизен" не переутруждая себя лишней журналистикой дружно перепечатали одну и ту же статью Д. Пуглиса. Недодушенный poka еще орган ультра-правых экстремистов и белых супремасистов-расистов "Вестерн Стандард" разродился собственной, более развернутой, статьей. Из нее и цитаты (в основном):

... it will take “leadership and service” for Canada “to be seen as a serious country once again”

“These two critical foundations of greatness for any nation have somehow become secondary — lost in these days of entitlement, me first, not my problem and endless subsidies and handouts.”

“Where cancel culture still flourishes and there is not call for redaction or amendment even when accusations are proved false, truth is not a requirement; once cancelled, you are done.”

Balanced journalism has shifted from “presenting the facts” to the “line between news and opeds being blurred.”

“Too often we are subjected to sermons written not by seasoned journalists but by first year graduates of woke journalism schools.”

“Unbiased reporting seems to have died with Christie Blatchford and Matthew Fisher”

“Canada’s prosperity is being sacrificed at the altar of climate change as opposed to being used to help the world transition to clean energy. Throwing soup and paint at the world’s art treasures is a heinous as it is useless. The perpetrators should be punished not celebrated.”

“Today’s world is also where taking personal responsibility for our own actions has disappeared from the landscape while the phenomenon of collective apologies flourishes in our country. Individuals and groups fight over who gets to wear the coveted victims’ cloak. But any role they may have played in their own fate or in injuring others is dismissed as learned behaviour, inherited flaws, or generational oppression.”

“I am not here to debate whether those great leaders of yesteryear would be as successful in today’s world. Nor will I judge the decisions they made in their time against the standards of today. Enough statues have been toppled; erasing our history is not the solution.”

“I see a military woefully underfunded, undermanned, and underappreciated; forces where uniforms have become a means of personal expression rather than a symbol of collective pride and unity: uniforms are no longer uniform. The idea of serving in our Armed Forces is getting little traction. Could it be because the moral contract under which our military serve is broken.”

“Today’s leaders must stop dividing those they lead… Can you imagine a military leader labelling half of his command as deplorables, fringe radicals or less-thans and then expect them to fight as one?”

Генерал закончил речь на умеренно оптимистичной ноте:

“I believe we can make Canada better, to find common ground with our neighbour and to unite our country rather than divide it; to apply our leadership and service; to live with compassion, tolerance, and patience — but most of all to be proud of Canada and everything we once stood for.”

“We Canadians live in the greatest country in the world with almost unlimited resources, a tolerant and diverse people, and an educated population who can aspire to the greatest heights.”

А теперь комментарии от правильных, прогрессивных людей нашей страны:

Maisonneuve’s speech “was an embarrassment and a good illustration of the culture of entitlement that has led to the systematic abuses of power in the senior ranks of the military.”

Vimy Gala “was sullied with arrogance, entitlement, and not in keeping with the humility & spirit of the event. I hope that folks ... will not think that all senior leaders support the hubris & arrogance displayed"

Ret LGen Michel Maisonneuve is a dinosaur & a monument as to why members of the CAF have suffered decades of abuse from the higher ranks. His speech is ripe with entitlement & disdain towards others. His views are narrow, unapologetic & crass

This is nothing but a toxic leader, pushing back on an institution that’s decided to draw the line and welcome inclusive change.

He has no respect for democracy. He does not deserve award for his crime against Canada. He is traitor to Canada and democracy. Any Canadian military leader stand up for him MUST be fired immediately!

At the end of the speech I assume he threw his arm forward.

The military gets politicized by Fascists

Pathetic, costly and weak old boy's club

Rednecks applaud rednecks

Opinion of old white man gets applauded by old white men

Canadian Forces really need to raise their standards if these are the kinds of minds they call 'officers'

And why have these officers not been dealt with?

Fire every last one of them.

Just because they serve doesn't make them special.

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Министр обороны Indira Anita Anand (юрист и политолог, в армии не служила никогда)

Наказ премьер-министра министру обороны по вступлению в должность:

“As Minister of National Defence, your immediate priority is to take concrete steps to build an inclusive and diverse Defence Team, characterized by a healthy workplace free from harassment, discrimination, sexual misconduct and violence,”

Современная канадская армия, инклюзивная, здоровая и свободная от насилия