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When I was on REG that discussion was had. Not because of speed, but because the Pacific is so big, and the weather hadn't played nice. Best poutine I've had in BC was from there.

When I was back home on PEI this summer, there was an expert on the radio talking about how all the deadfall from Fiona wasn't a problem, because it had been four years, and all the dead wood was rotted away... He clearly hadn't spent much time outside of Charlottetown, where there are still...

Having worked in all three elements, and having deployed with the army and the RCN, I'll choose the RCN any day. Each element has it's ups and downs, but in my experience the navy has the best balance, and the air force has the worst. That said, everyone's experience is different. The RCN is...

We have people for that... In the same way most infantry WOs aren't waxing the floors of the barracks. But as long as the army thinks that way, we'll keep stealing your smarter members. 😉

I don't think the rest of the CAF gets how awesome our trips are... People pay thousands to visit the places I get payed a few extra thousand to visit. London, Honolulu, Singapore, Tokyo, Istanbul, etc...

I just filed my HHT claim with Sirva... The process was simple, well laid-out, and required exactly zero paper. If our relocation people can figure this stuff out, there is no reason the CAF can't, apart from dinosaurs making decisions based on their personal preferences. It was a massive...

Ok, two tasks... Shooting, and watching. That leaves out a lot of other things that crewed ships do regularly. Do you think the crew of an RCD will "get in the way" of a cooperative engagement launch? You know that there are more steps to it than just seeing a target and hitting a button right...

A crewed warship in the same size range can also do many more things... Short of a full scale shooting war, a bunch of autonomous "warships" sailing in circles is a massive waste of money, because they can do only one job. Obviously the snake-oil salesmen working for the companies pushing them...

You're 100% correct on this. People who view things through a purely ideological lens can't seem to adjust course when the ideology doesn't work in the real world. The communist apologizers are a perfect example, as it's always "that wasn't true communism"...

Doug Ford proving why he gets re-elected. People complain about a problem, he looks at it. People complain about a planned change, he looks at it. He is far from perfect, but he has managed to not go full LPO despite being in power for a long time.

Bold prediction... When an adversary uses military force to destroy your economy, military force is often the only politically viable option. In the real world, that's called saving your powder. The crisis hasn't hit. Any action now would be painted as an over reaction, or as support for...

I'm not stomping my feet, I'm mocking the notion that two desperate groups can cause global economic cataclysm via drone and missile strikes. I never said there was, and it's pretty disingenuous to try to frame my points that way. I simply have stated that if the economic impact is as painful...

You are not talking about the same thing I am. The West/World doing something, doesn't mean a protracted land war in Iran. Doing something is escorting ships through, and striking targets until Iran and the Houthi learn that more can be gained by talking than shooting. Also, in your fantasy...

If the global economy grinds to a halt, the world will be at war. Like I said, either the impact won't be as bad as some are predicting, or the world will act. There is no scenario where the global economy grinds to a halt without response, because a few religious wack-jobs with weapons were...

You're right... it's hopeless, that part of the world is out of bounds forever. Abandon all hope. I'll start collecting leather clothing bits in preparation for our Mad Max future. Either the impact will be far less than some of you are predicting, or the world will act. You can't have it both...