Whenever I hear “Nasariya”, it reminds me of Beevis and Butthead who made fun of their classmate Daria (who got her own show) by chanting “Diarrhea, cha cha cha! Diarrhea, cha cha cha!”
So now whenever I hear Nasariya, I want to say “Nasariya, cha cha cha!”
And while we’re on such a closely related subject, how can so many of my fellow Canadians turn their backs on our cousins to the south? Have they no gratitude; have they forgotten what the US did for us in WW2?? Honestly.
Yes, the Canadian government has confirmed that some 31 officers are serving as exchanges with US and UK forces in the the Gulf–although Ottawa says the are “mainly logistics.”
There are also Canadian Forces personnel onboard AWACs aircraft flying in the region, as well as a good chunk of our naval forces present in the Gulf doing stopping-boarding-and inspection of suspicious craft as part of Operation Apollo: