I was watching the news last nite and there was that little pipsqueak, Peter MacKay, in Kandahar, basically telling the troops to buck up. If I could have reached through the television and choked him, I would.

Globe and Mail
Geoffrey York

(Peter MacKay speaking to the soldiers.)
You're elevating the lives of the Afghan people, and that also helps the security of all of us," he told a group of Canadian soldiers at the main Kandahar military base at an airfield outside the city. Canada has 2,300 troops in Afghanistan; 15 Canadian soldiers have died there.
"If we're able to build a stable, productive society here, which is what your boots on the ground assure us the ability to do, that's going to pay huge dividends everywhere. We want you to know that your country is with you all the way, and you're getting the job done. Peace will be your lasting legacy in Afghanistan."

What about MacKay's own boots?

This comes from the man who ran home to daddy after his girlfriend dumped him. On the news, trying to look like Prince Charles on the moors of Scotland, in his wellies. When in fact, it was what it was. He was ballyhooing in Pictou, in a potato patch with his rubber boots.

Even Daddy MacKay, told Potato Pete, "Suck it up, boy".