Fox News: Canadian military is effeminate

[Kuya]

4 Canadians died in Afghanistan recently, meanwhile... in Fox News:

Fox News Mocks Canada's Military

Americans rally behind Canada amid Fox News fury - The North Bay Nugget - Ontario, CA

Canadians aren't the only ones dismayed by the recent slurs made on a Fox News program about Canada's soldiers in Afghanistan.

Some Americans, including a respected military expert, were also taken aback by the comments made last week on Fox's Red Eye and expressed their support of Canada Monday.

I don't need to remind Canadians of the actual facts, but Canadians are fighting extremely hard in perhaps the most dangerous part of Afghanistan," said Michael O'Hanlon, a specialist on U. S. national security policy and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

And in addition to having suffered such severe losses, they are also to my mind the No. 1 ally most admired by American commanders when I hear them speak off the record about counter-insurgency application, military heroism and general combat skills."

Greg Gutfeld, the host of Red Eye, apologized Monday for the comments made on the March 17 show. He and his panellists mocked the Canadian army, suggested they were effeminate, said the U. S. should invade Canada and ridiculed the Mounties.

Their remarks were spurred by comments from Canada's army chief that the military would need a year's hiatus to regroup and refurbish after its Kandahar mission ends in 2011, a decade after Canadian troops first arrived there.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay demanded an apology not just from Gutfeld, but from all of the show's panellists. Four more Canadian soldiers were killed in the days after the show aired, and were repatriated Monday.

David Biette, director of the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, said that few Americans watch Red Eye, which airs at 3 a. m. EST.

I had never heard of this show before," Biette said.

It seems to cater to a certain audience that probably doesn't know anything about Canada, so Canada shouldn't really worry about it. People of intelligence know that Canada is in Afghanistan and has been for years."

So this is how some Americans treat their allies? Talk about keeping up stereotypes.

[tyven]

pretty sure thats just how we treat canadians you silly goose

[Maxxthepenguin]

I'm pretty sure the credentials of one of the people in the video was listed as a twitter page.

And meh, it's Fox

[Alleya]

Every time I watch something from Fox news, I become a little bit more tolerant of ethnic cleansing.

[Dimmauk]

4 Canadians died in Afghanistan recently, meanwhile... in Fox News:

Fox News Mocks Canada's Military

Americans rally behind Canada amid Fox News fury - The North Bay Nugget - Ontario, CA

So this is how some Americans treat their allies? Talk about keeping up stereotypes.

WTF do you mean by that? Some asshole on Fox news doesnt speak on behalf of the entire nation.

[Cephius]

ITT silly people who treat Fox as a serious source of News

[Suited Aces]

lol you guys think Red Eye is a serious show. I guess any excuse to attack Fox news, right?

[Dimmauk]

lol you guys think Red Eye is a serious show. I guess any excuse to attack Fox news, right?

If Keith Olbermann said something like that, you know the right wing would be all over that.

Fox News channel implies it is a News Station, or does Red Eye come on after the Family Guy?

[Yuri-G]

lol you guys think Red Eye is a serious show. I guess any excuse to attack Fox news, right?

Yeah, it's totally cool to use satire to mock one of our biggest allies, a country who lost four more men the day after the show aired. After all, it's just a joke right? I don't know why all these touchy little faggots are getting so riled up over something so hilarious!

Do me a favor, go sit on a railroad spike.

[Takedown3]

good ol fox news doesn't have a "contact us" or forum on there website i wonder if stories like this is why

idiots

[Tristam]

lol you guys think Red Eye is a serious show. I guess any excuse to attack Fox news, right?

If a Canadian show, regardless of the context/humour, said the same thing about the American army, shit would hit the fan.

[Devek]

The people who would watch Fox news wouldn't be too happy with Family Guy right now, lol.

They are all up in arms about the March 8th episode and asking people to complain to the FCC and shit.

http://www.afa.net/familyguy.htm

I suggest reading that, it is hilarious.

These people don't speak for America, they don't speak for anybody. Any real American respects a serviceman, even if they are those silly Canadians.

[Elvis]

Didn't Bill Maher lose his original show for saying the 9/11 hijackers were courageous? This was directly after 9/11.

And then there's Imus.

I think we make exceptions for Fox though since they're like the kids who ride the short bus.

EDIT: Fox definitely doesn't represent the US. Neither does any of the other news channels.

The Home Shopping Network is more accurate a representation of the US than them. Guy accidentally slicing his arm while 'showcasing' the authenticity of a Katana = American.

[Yuri-G]

The Home Shopping Network is more accurate a representation of the US than them.

I am going to remember this and use it later, you hit the nail on the head.

[Neosutra]

A quote from my sister's Facebook today:

"Fox news channel is the only one to watch.. They are conservative republicans and don't give biased stories about the president and whats going on like all the other channels. It's insane what him and his people are trying to do.. hundreds of billions in bailouts, he plans to increase our debt by a trillion dollars every year for the next ten years.. and WE are the ones paying for it.. start listening to 600am, Rush Limbah, Savage Nation.. and then Glenn Beck, Hannity and Oreilly are on Fox news. Girl you gotta start wathing and listening, what they are doing is crazy. (ha I know I sound nuts, but the more I learn about what they are doing the more upset I get!)"

This is why I dont visit my family and havent talked to my sister in years.

How are people still this stupid?

[Suited Aces]

Red Eye is the equivalent of a late night talkshow/Best week ever. I repeat lol for taking it so serious.


Keith Olberman made his career mocking and talking shit about our OWN country's president. I guess since it was Bush that doesn't count though.

[Skjie]

Old news. Canada has already realized this guy is a nobody and moved on.

[Khajit]

Didn't Bill Maher lose his original show for saying the 9/11 hijackers were courageous? This was directly after 9/11.

And then there's Imus.

I think we make exceptions for Fox though since they're like the kids who ride the short bus.

EDIT: Fox definitely doesn't represent the US. Neither does any of the other news channels.

The Home Shopping Network is more accurate a representation of the US than them.

I interpreted Bill Maher's statement as him pointing out how ridiculous it was to call the 9/11 hijackers cowards. Do YOU have the stones to infiltrate North Koreaand gain access to a large vehicle capable of being used as ordinance while simultaneously keeping an over 40 people at bay with a Swiss army knife as part of a suicide run to stop the evil empire that has been immune to outside attack barring one incident(pearl harbour) for the last 1~2 centuries? In the minds of the terrorists they were being courageous and that's what I think was being pointed out. Calling terrorists cowards is bullshit. If they were cowards you wouldn't need to be worried about them doing something to you.

[Athas]

Stay classy Fox News.

[Elvis]

Sure. We can definitely analyze the validity of the statement but I think he was fired because it was in poor taste.

Way too soon. I'm not pro-censorship or anything, but I think he was asking for it.

I mean, saying something like that now would cause some mouths to foam.