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OH, CANADA: General orders investigation into himself. ?The commander of Canadian troops in Afghan?

By Glenn Reynolds

OH, CANADA: General orders investigation into himself. “The commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan has ordered a special investigation ? on himself. . . . Ménard said he was loading his C8 carbine at Kandahar Airfield on March 25, something he said he’s done thousands of times, when it went off. Nobody was injured and nothing was damaged, but the National Defence Act makes it an offence to accidentally discharge a weapon.” (Via an unhappy Michael Yon on Facebook.)

UPDATE: Reader C.J. Burch writes: “Maybe the generals should get one bullet they can carry around in their pocket.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on April 18, 2010 (boomark / email).