admit it, we're lucky you're Canadian, cause u have no decent army to carry that on
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- They call us sura espiyan, Pashtun for "red dogs," and our LAV III armoured vehicles are bala, or "monsters."
After two weeks of probing and testing the Canadian soldiers who have been patrolling their territory in southern Afghanistan, Taliban insurgents in the dangerous hills and mountains around Kandahar have learned to be wary of the soldiers with the Maple Leaf on their shoulders.<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> var addthis_pub = 'canada.com'; function textCounter(field,cntfield,maxlimit) { if (field.value.length > maxlimit) // if too long...trim it! field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit); // otherwise, update 'characters left' counter else { var divLabel = document.getElementById("divLabel"); divLabel.innerHTML = maxlimit - field.value.length + " characters remaining"; } } </SCRIPT><SCRIPT src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
"They ought to be afraid," said Major Bill Fletcher, the commander of the Canadian battle group's Charlie Company, nicknamed the Grizzlies. "Our presence alone should be enough to make them think twice."
The "red-dogs" label was meant as an insult but it also carries more than a little respect, since many of the dogs around Kandahar are huge Afghan hounds, bred for fighting. Military intelligence officers and local Afghans say the Taliban call Americans Sara Khara or "red donkeys"