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Originally Posted by Knightslayer
A few friends were out hunting and came across a training facility that had what appeared to be a mosque built on the land with the crescent on top and everything.
They got in touch with an army commander and were told it is to train troops on terrorism. They were heavily offended by the notion that a mosque was being associated with terrorism.
Does seem kind of an ignorant thing to do by the Canadian Army.
Thoughts?
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I assume you've never watched a historical military documentary?
I have to make this assumption because if you had, you will constantly hear, the military built a replica of X, the military built an entire small city, the military built etc.
Based on the amount of time Canada and NATO spent in Afghanistan, I would expect them (all of NATO since we share training facilities) to have replica Mosques across the country at most training bases. Along with Afgan-style towns, cities, etc. They also probably have replica Russian Orthodox churches, North Korean detention sells, they even probably have a replica South Korean city since we may have to fight in South Korea if the North invades.
Would I expect them to have Christian churches? Maybe, the Canadian Military isn't responsible for domestic terrorism and this is (at least to me) mostly a domestic problem. And that is a key thing, having this Mosque doesn't mean it's even the biggest threat of terrorism. I was watching a show on the JTF in the US, and they clearly stated that domestic right-wing terrorism is their biggest threat. But up here and in Canada, the military would only assist in that, that would be an RCMP and CSE responsibility.