This gunner is firing from a Canadian Griffon helicopter over Afghanistan. The aircraft appears to be at about 5000 ft altitude which would make it difficult to determine if any person killed by this gunner is deserving of the death penalty. When it was decided to send this aircraft to Afghanistan Canadian defence officials maintained that it would only be used in a defensive and support role. That apparently means pretty much anything.
The guns used on this aircraft have six revolving barrels which enable them to fire about 50 bullets per second, 3000 per minute. So they are designed to shower an area with many shells and hit whatever they may. This gun was designed and made, in part, by General Electric. Those are the guys who "bring good things to life".
Primarily the Harper government has spent over $10,000,000,000.00 on fighting in Afghanistan. I'm pretty sure that none of the people in Afghanistan attacked or even threatened Canada, so this is clearly an offensive war. And I thought the Canadian military existed to defend Canada??
Yesterday one of these helicopters crashed in Afghanistan killing 2 Canadians and one British soldier. Three other Canadians were wounded. Whatever you think of this military effort it is good to see where part of that 10 billion dollars is going.
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