John Bolton - March 13, 2026


We Thank You For Your Service - Too Bad The Liberals Don't


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6 minutes

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Word count

1,077

Sentence count

63

Harmful content

Toxicity

6

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Hate speech

1

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A rant about Canada's treatment of veterans and the way it treats them. Also, a report of Canadian soldiers suffering frostbite in an exercise in Alaska. And a report that a Canadian base in Kuwait may have been attacked by Iranian missiles.

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00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel 617am. It is Friday, March the 13th. I hope you're
00:00:08.500 having a great Friday. Looking forward to the weekend, no doubt, as am I. And I want
00:00:15.000 to apologize right off the top because this might turn into a bit of a rant. A short one
00:00:21.180 because I do not want this video to be very long, but I want to comment on a story that
00:00:25.780 you're no doubt aware of, but I want to expand on this. Before we get to this, I want to ask you,
00:00:34.160 you're probably like me. Do you do this as well? When you meet somebody that was in the military
00:00:39.980 or is part of the military currently, do you thank them for their service? Because that's
00:00:46.580 what I normally do. I normally put my hand out. I shake their hand. I say, thank you for your
00:00:50.980 service because I admire that person that does that. It's something I never would have done.
00:00:57.900 Now, if you're in the Canadian military, the chance of you seeing combat is pretty slim,
00:01:04.520 but there is a chance that somewhere along the line, you may have to put your life on the line.
00:01:09.480 And I admire that. And I want to apologize to you. I want to apologize to veterans who are not
00:01:15.360 treated properly in this country. We've known this for a long time. You may remember what
00:01:20.320 Justin Trudeau had to say about this when he was asked about it a few years ago.
00:01:25.200 Because honestly, Mr. Prime Minister, I was prepared to be injured in the line of duty
00:01:30.980 when I joined the military.
00:01:33.020 Nobody forced me to join the military.
00:01:35.380 I was prepared to be killed in action.
00:01:39.760 What I wasn't prepared for, Mr. Prime Minister, is Canada turning its back on me.
00:01:50.320 So which veteran was it that you were talking about?
00:01:54.920 On a couple of elements you brought up.
00:01:57.220 First of all, why are we still fighting against certain veterans groups in court?
00:02:03.860 Because they're asking for more than we are able to give right now.
00:02:08.820 What an awful human being.
00:02:10.600 The guy asking him the question that he answered there, all due respect to him, I wanted to keep this video short,
00:02:16.900 had been severely injured in the Canadian military.
00:02:19.240 but of course Trudeau and the liberal government had other more important things to do when it
00:02:24.760 came to Canada's military like this do I really have to say anything about this other than it's
00:02:32.420 ridiculous and absurd you see where the priorities of the liberal government have been the hell with
00:02:38.560 the veterans we need gender advisors so what's the story everybody's talking about you're likely 0.95
00:02:45.540 aware of this. This from the Canadian Broadcorp in castration, ladies and gentlemen. Silence from
00:02:50.720 Ottawa is shameful after a report of Canadian camp hit by missile Conservative MP. Conservative
00:02:55.460 defence critic James Bazan said it's really shameful the Liberal government did not tell
00:03:00.520 the public about a reported Iranian missile strike on an airbase in Kuwait where Canadian
00:03:04.740 Armed Forces personnel are stationed. The newspaper La Presse reported on Thursday the Canadian section
00:03:09.520 of the Ali al-Salam airbase appeared to be damaged by the March 1st attack. Based on an
00:03:15.580 analysis of satellite imagery, no Canadian military members were injured. Another article here,
00:03:21.180 similar from the National Post. Liberals don't think they have to tell you anything. They're
00:03:24.940 not accountable for anything. They can do anything they want, and they are doing anything they want.
00:03:32.100 And they haven't even got their majority yet. Here's the commander-in-chief of Canada showing
00:03:38.560 that the buck stops nowhere with this guy why are you asking me lots of people talk for the canadian
00:03:43.920 government if you can confirm in english if the if there was this if this attack happened and why
00:03:51.040 did you do you didn't inform canadian before well uh i mean i'm not the only spokesperson for
00:03:58.480 the government uh but uh i just confirm that canadian forces are the members of the canadian
00:04:04.080 forces are uh all uh safe uh and sound uh i reinforce uh as i said in french uh what you
00:04:13.820 know uh which is that we are not engaged in these actions uh of the u.s and israel we're not engaged
00:04:20.900 in uh offensive actions and and we will not be engaged uh in those actions prime minister of
00:04:26.720 the country well i'm not the only person who speaks for the government maybe somebody else
00:04:30.280 should have told you. But nobody was hurt, so what's the big deal, right? But what about Canadian 1.00
00:04:35.280 troops? Here in Canada, check this story out. You see this one? More than 30 Patawawa troops suffer
00:04:41.000 frostbite during Arctic exercise. Listen to this. More than 30 soldiers based in Patawawa suffered
00:04:47.500 frostbite injuries during a recent exercise in Alaska prompting concerns about the quality of
00:04:52.520 equipment military personnel are issued. Soldiers contacted the Ottawa citizen to complain that the
00:04:58.540 Canadian Army was trying to cover up details about frostbite injuries to more than 60 troops
00:05:04.220 who took part in Exercise Global Resolve in February. A number of frostbite cases were
00:05:10.560 extremely serious, the soldiers added. The Canadian Army did not make the incident public
00:05:15.780 until soldiers started contacting news outlets. Details are circulating on social media,
00:05:20.960 citing 60 to 70 injuries, but soldiers said the incident showed poor planning and leadership
00:05:26.240 and inadequate equipment.
00:05:29.800 No kidding.
00:05:32.700 Again, I apologize to you
00:05:34.340 if you're in the Canadian military
00:05:35.480 that we allow this to happen. 0.96
00:05:37.900 But the Canadian government is incompetent. 0.99
00:05:39.820 The Liberal government is incompetent. 0.97
00:05:42.600 We should be doing a lot more
00:05:44.500 to help veterans and people
00:05:45.820 who are currently in the armed services.
00:05:48.420 But the Canadian government
00:05:49.340 throw good money after bad
00:05:50.900 in for a penny, in for a pound.
00:05:52.700 Check out this story.
00:05:53.820 Company that sold rifles
00:05:55.140 with faulty stocks
00:05:56.100 to Canadian military, gets an $8.8 million contract to fix them. Why? I wonder if this
00:06:03.700 company has a liberal connection, because that's normally how these things work. But my apologies
00:06:09.460 to the Canadian military personnel right now, and my apologies to the veterans who are being 0.97
00:06:14.960 treated like crap by the liberal government. You deserve a lot better. Thank you for your service. 0.97
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