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Fox News, keeping it classy, recently aired a comedy segment ridiculing the Canadian military’s efforts in Afghanistan. On the overnight programme, host Greg Gutfeld and friends joked about Canada’s plan to pull out troops in 2011 to “do some yoga, paint landscapes, run on the beach in gorgeous white Capri pants.” He also suggested invading Canada seeing as how they “have no real army”, and mocked the last name of one of the Canadian generals as being unmasculine.

The Fox segment has been one of the leading news stories in Canada for the past 48 hours. There is also some discussion States-side, although MSNBC decided to lead off with the glib title “Fox News sorry for dissing Canadian army, eh?”

Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Mackay has stated “it is insensitive and it is, in fact, disgusting given the timing (on the day of his statement, four more dead Canadian soldiers were being brought back to Canada for burial). Meanwhile, Gutfeld has issued a statement of apology, claiming that the program is meant as “a satirical take on the news, in which all topics are addressed in a lighthearted, humorous and ridiculous manner.” He also posted on Twitter: “My apologies to the Canadian military, they probably could at least beat the Belgians.” Meanwhile comedian Doug Benson, who appeared with the Red Eye discussion panel and claimed during the segment that he didn’t even know Canada was involved in the war in Afghanistan, has had comedy dates in Alberta canceled.

Watch the complete segment, if you care to, at the usual YouTube link.

up-schist-creek:

I know the guy that called the Edmonton club he was booked at, to make sure they knew about the clip.

Also, as a currently serving officer in the Canadian Army that has been to the South-West Asia theatre of operations, as well as having done a death notification to an unsuspecting mother of a private blown up by an IED outside Khandahar, I would gladly meet any or all of these ‘gentlemen’ in a dark alley of their choosing and “tear off their heads and skull-fuck them”, to paraphrase a line from a favourite film of mine.

I’m as big a fan of dark humour as anyone, but bloody hell.

Canadian soldiers are, one-on-one, the best trained troops IN THE WORLD. We encourage initiative and original thought, unlike other forces that drill simple obedience and routine. Our pilots have topped the Top Gun course as invited allies, and our infantrymen that get an exchange spot with the Rangers routinely place in the top 5, if not #1. Mr’s Gutfeld and Benson might want to stay south of the 49th for a while.

Posted March 24, 2009 at 7:35pm | Comments || home