Gen. Rick Hillier described the Taliban as Detestable Murderers and Scumbags!

General Rick Hillier, the outspoken chief of Canada"s defence staff, will step down in July.

Here's what I like and respect about General Hillier:

• He was an exceptional "soldier's soldier" and a military leader who put the welfare of his troops above all.
• He was recognized as one of the most charismatic and visible Canadian military leaders.
• He rarely pulled punches in his support of the military.
• General Rick Hillier refused to be muzzled by his political masters in Ottawa.
• He built a reinvigorated military after years of neglect by Ottawa.

General Rick Hillier was loved by his troops because he had the guts to always stand-up for them!!

• He told it like it was, describing the period of budget cuts to the military that began in 1994 as the decade of darkness.!

He told it like it is describing the Taliban as detestable murderers and scumbags.

General Hillier, I thank-you very much for your exceptional service to Canada, and may God Bless you sir!!!