Argylls in Afghanistan
Some commentators on world events who have no focus beyond the present believe that 9/11 “changed everything.” Whatever one’s perspective, it did transform the Canadian military, particularly the Army, and, with it, the Army reserve.
The combat mission in Afghanistan put Canadian soldiers in action on a regular basis for the first time since the Korean War. The country and the military were largely ill-prepared, and the latter badly underfunded. The myth of Canadian peacekeeping was a powerful one, a favourite not only of the public at large but also of the political classes.
