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Of course you are. Just because you think you‘re right, doesn‘t mean you are. If you can do a better job form a party and run for a seat. If you get voted in, then obviously people agree with you. Otherwise your just another toilet king with an opinion. And just for the record, you (and Goober)...

It‘s not that easy, component transfers often take at least 5-6 months if not more. And I‘m not saying it shouldn‘t be a benefit of joining the reserves, only that we should treat the Reserves as more than just a PAT platoon for the Regs. Why bother with all the regimental pride and history if...

Keep in mind, according to the poll as I read it, these 11% (estimated at 14% now) view defence depending as a priority, meaning more important than any other national funding concern. I find this fairly encouraging considering this doesn‘t account for those citizens who would put defence number...

Here‘s something I‘ve been mulling over. The issue of implementing a type of mandatory service time period for the reserves has been discussed here at length. While part of the draw (for lack of a better word) of joining the militia for some has been the ability to clear out at anytime...

And that‘s really what it boils down to. What right do you have to demand that I post my "real" name. Let‘s look at reasons against: 1. security: hazy at best, if you‘re on the net you‘re going to be vulnerable at some point. 2. personal privacy: respectable, everybody should have some level...

I think this is stupid, okay, my name is Michael Moore, feel better? What does is really matter? Why prejudge someone because they choose not to post their name on the net for whatever reason? We‘re here to debate and discuss issues. If you don‘t like what I say cause you disagree, fine, that‘s...

But seriously though, that‘s all I‘m asking. We can‘t let our world reknown ability to "do more with less" stand in the way of actually developing a new and better capability as the CF. Sure, there a million things that need addressing right now, and should be addressed. I‘m talking a long term...

In the words of the old guy in the Kokanee commercials, "Dare to dream, Exdragoon, dare to dream." (West Coasters‘ll probably be the only ones who get that one)

Sweet, I‘ll have to check out the prices today when I go down there. Here in Vancouver it‘s ranging from 85 to 95 cents a litre. It‘s bloody costing me $30 just to fill up my little 40 litre tank import. Anyone remember a mere five years ago when gas was 29.9 cents a litre?

Look, we can get tied up in the details, but the fact remains that nothing worth doing is ever easy. I‘m merely pointing out that the capability of a sea-transportable brigade group could be a direction for the future of the CF. The old adage "Rome wasn‘t built in a day" applies here. I see our...

I still disagree with those that say this plan (or something like it is unfeasable). The main arguments against this plan seem to be: 1) manpower 2) money 3) naval leadership doesn‘t like it So first off, manpower. This can be overcome, and the numbers needed aren‘t so extreme that it would be...

Am I the only one who read this part? Of course we‘ll need more sailors, troops, etc. That isn‘t the point. The point is that this is a feasable plan for the future of the CF. A plan that doesn‘t involve magically obtaining a trillion dollars in defence spending so we can "compete" with the U.S.

How about I conduct a poll up here on what Canadians think of Americans? Then post the results on socnet.com or some other American based military board, entirely for fun of course. I highly doubt it would be that well recieved. Informal or not, the results of your suppposed poll do not surprise...

Yeah...probably, eh? That ranks just as low as "assume" and "most likely" in my book of highly accurate statistical phrases. Keep diggin, stud.

Do a search.

Well I, for one, can understand some of the sentiments raised by Mr Allen, even though he clearly stated that he was just passing on info and not presenting a viewpoint. I took it as info to think about. I‘ve read the growing list of posts on this thread and I agree with some points and disagree...

No, I didn‘t say that Canada bases it‘s decisions on popularity (although I think the government does), my point was that it isn‘t the fault of the Canadian public that people worldwide generally "like" us more than Americans. In the words of one of the obscure, dime-a-dozen rappers out there...

If your tired of the crap that goes along with being a member of a nation‘s military, why don‘t you leave? I didn‘t sign up because I thought I‘d make more friends, or because I knew that the CF had the collective support of the Canadian public no matter what it did. A nation‘s military will...

I don‘t like what you are insinuating.