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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
I read that Canada has 2,500 troops in Afghanistan (and 45 Canadians have died in the war there so far). With such a small number of troops there, I'm surprised that are calling up reserves.
By comparison, the U.S. has 27,000 troops in Afghanistan, and has lost 308 troops so far there.
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These types of comparisons always piss me off... The USA is roughly 10x as big as Canada. So from a percentage of population, we've sent as many troops. We're not a military nation like the US nor do we spend as much as the US on our military.
Canadian Deaths: 45/2500 = 1.8%
American Deaths: 308/27000 = 1.15%
We went there in supoprt of what happened on 9/11 to YOUR citizens. Please don't trivialize our contributions.