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Canadian Forces in Afghanistan OONN TRACKT R A C K SPRING / PRINTEMPS 2009 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 1 Canada-US Defence Relations After the Obama Visit It Didn’t Have to Be This Way Canadian Forces in Afghanistan - Then, Now and Beyond The Impact of Missile Defence on China’s “Minimum Deterrence” Nuclear Posture Origins of the Strategic Advisory Team - Afghanistan Canadian Forces photo by / Photo Forces canadienne par Vic Johnson DONOR PATRONS of the CDA INSTITUTE DONATEUR PATRONS de l’INSTITUT de la CAD Mr. Keith P. Ambachtsheer Colonel (Ret’d) John Catto Dr. John Scott Cowan Colonel The Hon. John Fraser Rear-Admiral (Ret’d) Roger Girouard Dr. J.L. Granatstein Jackman Foundation (1964) Senator Colin Kenny Brigadier-General (Ret’d) Don W. Macnamara Lieutenant-Colonel W. Morrison Mr. David Scott Senator Hugh D. Segal COMPANIONS of the CDA INSTITUTE COMPAGNONS de l’INSTITUT de la CAD Admiral (Ret’d) John Anderson Mr. Paul Chapin Mr. M. Corbett Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) L.W.F. Cuppens Brigadier-General (Ret’d) James S. Cox Mr. John A. Eckersley Colonel (Ret’d) Douglas A. Fraser Major-General (Ret’d) Reginald W. Lewis General (Ret’d) Paul D. Manson Colonel (Ret’d) Gary Rice Royal Military College Club of Canada Foundation Colonel (Ret’d) Ben Shapiro Brigadier-General (Ret’d) T.H.M. Silva Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Ernest Skutezky Mr. Robert G.Tucker Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Jack Vance OFFICER LEVEL DONORS to the CDA INSTITUTE DONATEURS de l’INSTITUT de la CAD - NIVEAU d’OFFICIER Major-général (Ret) Clive Addy Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) J.A. Bélanger Lieutenant-général (Ret) Charles H. Belzile Breakout Educational Network Mr. Paul Brunelle Honourary Colonel James Burns Honourary Colonel Bernard J. Finestone Honourary Colonel Blake Goldring Mr. Ian D. Isbester Colonel (Ret’d) The Hon. R.A. Jacobson Colonel (Ret’d) Charles R. Keple Mr. Albert Kranenburg Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) William Leach Colonel (Ret’d) Brian MacDonald Lieutenant-Colonel Markus C. Martin The Hon. Dwight Mason Colonel (Ret’d) William McCullough Colonel (Ret’d) Donald Bruce McGibbon Colonel (Ret’d) Conrad A. Namiesniowski Captain (N) (Ret’d) Charles M. Nicholson The Hon. David Pratt Major (Ret’d) Angus V. Read Major (Ret’d) John W. Richmond Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) David L. Stinson Major (Ret’t) Miroslaw Szulc Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret) Lucien Villeneuve Lieutenant-Commander Arnold R. Westerbert General (Ret’d) Ramsey Withers Brigadier-General (Ret’d) W. Yost Mr. W. H. Young OONN TRACKT R A C K contents contenu VOLUME 14 NUMBER 1 SPRING / PRINTEMPS PRESIDENT PRÉSIDENT Dr. John Scott Cowan, BSc, MSc, PhD From the Executive Director...................................................4 Colonel (Ret’d) Alain Pellerin VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRÉSIDENT Le mot du Directeur général...................................................4 General (Ret’d) John de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CD Colonel (Ret) Alain Pellerin EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL Summary of the CDA Institute’s 25th Annual Seminar Colonel (Ret) Alain M. Pellerin, OMM, CD and the 72nd Annual General Meeting of the CDA..10 Colonel (Ret’d) Brian MacDonald SECRETARY-TREASURER SECRÉTAIRE TRÉSORIER Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Gordon D. Metcalfe, CD Canada-US Defence Relations After the Obama Visit ........18 Paul H. Chapin HONOURARY COUNSEL It Didn’t Have to Be This Way...............................................20 Mr. Gavin Freitag Colonel George Petrolekas PUBLIC AFFAIRS RELATIONS PUBLIQUES Canadian Forces in Afghanistan - Captain (Ret’d) Peter Forsberg, CD Then, Now, and Beyond...........................................17 Lieutenant-général Michel Gauthier PROJECT OFFICER AGENT DE PROJET Origins of the Strategic Advisory Team - Afghanistan..........27 Ms. Bonnie Butlin, MA Roy Thomas SPECIAL PROJECT OFFICER Un dernier tour de piste à Fort Bliss.....................................32 Mr. Arnav Manchanda, MA Lieutenant-colonel (Ret) Gilles Paradis et Conference of Defence Associations Institute Leutenant-colonel (Ret) Raymond Taillefer 222 Somerset Street West, Suite 400B Dealing with Islamism...........................................................36 Ottawa ON K2P 2G3 General (Ret’d) Paul Manson PHONE TÉLÉPHONE Employer Support................................................................38 (613) 236 9903 Jayson Spiegel e-mail courriel: [email protected] Onward Christian Soldiers?.................................................43 Anne Frances Cation website site web: www.cda-cdai.ca White Phosphorous in Gaza - ON TRACK is published by the Conference of Defence New Accusations of War Crimes..............................44 Associations Institute (CDA Institute). The views ex- pressed in ON TRACK are those of the authors and Colonel (Ret’d) Brian MacDonald do not necessarily represent those of the CDA Institute The Impact of Missile Defence on China’s ON TRACK est publié par l’Institut de la Conférence des “Minimum Deterrence” Nuclear Posture...................45 associations de la défense (l’Institut de la CAD). Les points de vues exprimés dans ON TRACK refl ètent les vues des Thomas Adams auteurs et pas nécessairement ceux de l’Institut de la CAD. R2P as a Doctrine................................................................47 Eric Morse Copyright © 2008. ISSN 1916-6699 ON TRACK (Print) (imprimé) Book Reviews.............................................................49 Copyright © 2008. ISSN 1916-6702 ON TRACK (Online) (en ligne) Permission is granted to reproduce, in whole or in part, articles from ON TRACK. COVER PHOTO: A CH-147 Chinook helicopter A credit line is desired. For inquiries contact the Public Af- prepares to sling bridge segments during a com- fairs Offi cer, Captain (Ret’d) Peter Forsberg, CD , at: (tel) (613) bat engineering exercise at Camp Wainwright 236 9903; (fax) (613) 236 8191; (e-mail) [email protected]. AB. PHOTO DE LA PAGE COUVERTURE: Un Permission est accordée de reproduire en tout ou en partie des articles de ON hélicoptère Chinook ch-147 se prépare à élingu- TRACK. Nous souhaitons que la source soit mentionnée. Pour demander des ren- seignements, contactez l’agent des affaires publiques, le Capitaine (ret.) Peter Fors- er des segments de pont pendant un exercice berg, CD au (tél) 613-236-9903; (fax) 613-236-8191; (courriel) [email protected] d’ingénierie de combat au Camp Wainwright AB. ON TRACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MOT DU DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL We are pleased to begin the 14th C’est avec plaisir que nous year of publication of the CDA Institute’s commençons la 14ème année de publication ON TRACK. The quarterly journal is de ON TRACK, la publication de l’Institut an important vehicle through which the de la CAD. Cette revue trimestrielle est un Institute contributes signifi cant value to the important véhicule grâce auquel l’Institut discussion of defence and security issues in apporte une valeur signifi cative à la discussion Canada, with the presentation of excellent des questions de défense et de sécurité au articles by experts in those fi elds. Canada, avec la présentation d’excellents articles rédigés par des experts de ces Colonel (Ret) Alain M. Pellerin, OMM, CD domaines. We feature in this edition of ON TRACK Dans la présente édition de ON articles of current signifi cance in the areas of, among TRACK nous présentons des articles de grande actualité, others, national defence and security, Canada-U.S. notamment dans les domaines de la défense et de la sécurité relations, Afghanistan, Islamism, the Chinese concept nationale, des relations Canada-U.S., de l’Afghanistan, of minimum defence, artillery ammunition, and U.S. du concept chinois de défense minimum, des munitions employer support. d’artillerie et du soutien aux employeurs des États-Unis. It is noteworthy that Ottawa was the fi rst foreign Il est remarquable qu’Ottawa ait été la première capital to be visited by the U.S. President soon following capitale étrangère à être visitée pae le président des États- his election. Paul Chapin writes, in ‘Canada-US Defence Unis, tôt après son élection. Paul Chapin écrit, dans Relations After the Obama Visit’, that President Obama’s « Canada-US Defence Relations After the Obama Visit », visit to Ottawa was a policy triumph for Canada. He que la visite du Président Obama à Ottawa fut un triomphe provides an analysis of the importance of Canada’s politique d’Ottawa. Il donne une analyse de l’importance relations with the United States. Mr. Chapin is a research des relations du Canada avec les États-Unis. M. Chapin associate with Defence Management Studies at the School est associé de recherche aux Defence Management Studies of Policy Studies at Queen’s University, and is a Member de la School of Policy Studies de l’Université Queen’s et of the Board of Directors of the CDA Institute. un des directeurs de l’Institut de la CAD. Colonel George Petrolekas notes that in Le Colonel George Petrolekas note que, en Afghanistan ill-considered decisions long ago have come Afghanistan, des décisions mal mûries prises il y a back to haunt us. In ’It didn’t Have to be this way’ Colonel longtemps sont revenues nous hanter. Dans « It didn’t Petrolekas details the policy decisions and their outcome. Have to be this way », le Colonel Petrolekas examine en He concludes that the time for blame is past now; it is détail les décisions en matière de politiques et ce à quoi how we apply our lessons going forward that is of import elles ont abouti. Il conclut que le moment est maintenant now. passé de distribuer les reproches et que, ce qui importe maintenant, c’est la façon dont nous appliquons les leçons que nous avons apprises, au moment
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