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Fascinating forum. Just out of curiosity, if everyone here is so worried about protecting Canadian sovereignty, why don't we have nuclear weapons? Afterall, nuclear weapons seems to be the only conceivable defense against our biggest defense threat, the United States. All of the conventional...

Hmmm, okay. I wrote a paper on the subject of China as the future super power, but it was very superficial. I can't say I'm up to date on China's military affairs. From the little reading I did for my paper, China's military is mostly focused on an invasion of Taiwan, so it's not a huge military...

About Anti-Americanism, being against George W. Bush, isn't anti-Americanism. It's anti-Bush. Hence, Micheal Moore{ A definite left-winger if their ever was one} isn't anti-American. A majority of Canadians at the moment are not Bush fans, but that doesn't make them anti-American. It makes them...

Would Mandatory National Service make the CF stronger? Short answer, no. First, the CF is a professional force, and conscripts would just dilute that professionalism. Second, it can't be done. 214,623 men reach military age every year. Throw in a simlar number of women and the CF would have...

Interesting read. Ummm Kirkhill, about your little aside about China, was that a point against the author, mentioning no one is investing in big conventional forces? Or for, in that the biggest forseeable strategic competitor of the US, isn't investing in conventional forces. I wasn't entirely...

Personally, I find this wishlist to be pretty reasonable. Unlike the Mulroney White Paper, this wishlist isn't promising the moon. The Mulroney white paper had something like a half-dozen{don't quote me on the #} nuclear submarine in the offering. If the Liberals were promising the moon, I...

To start, dumb idea. Paying the US to defend us. I'm a fairly left leaning underdog lover, but even I recognize that's a dumb idea. Still though, lets take this idea of "outsourcing"{Soon to be a banned word} Defence to the US. First, threats to Canada. What are they? Natural disasters...

I have to stop using the word dumb. The idea of Missile Defence, is okay. Make missiles that will shoot down incoming nuclear missiles. Good idea. Dr. Frederick Banting had a good idea. Find a cure or treatment for diabetes. His research came up with Insulin. His research undoubtedly had...

Huh? How am I for a totally non-democratic body making the laws in Canada? Let me clarify myself by going into what the Senate currently does. As the Senate stands right now, they are appointed by the Governor General, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. Senators are appointed until...

I'm one the bastards who voted Green. I have a soft spot for the underdog. Then again, maybe I should have voted fpr the Liberals. Whatever. As for the senate, I spoiled my ballot. What was the point? I don't elect the dogcatcher, or the mail women {Mine is a woman}, or the police chief. I elect...

You have good points. 1. Yeah, this hypothetical American invasion vein, is dumb. 2. As for a political takeover, I don't think that will happen, for the reason the guy {the Prime Minster} signing the agreements doesn't want to give up his power. The whole North American citizenship thing is...

Aside from the fact that an American invasion of Canada is never going to happen, yeah, I think Canadians would fight. Why? Because it is our country. No matter how free our trade is, or how many big macs we eat, or American magazines we read, movies we watch, we are still Canadian and we still...

Personally, I don't think Canada should join missile defence. My main reason for not wanting to join missile defence, is because it is dumb. Let me qualify this "dumb". Missile defence as it stands right now, doesn't work. It is a research project. The fact that they have put in infrastructure...

To answer the post, no, annexing Canada is not a part of Bush's military agenda. When it comes to resources, the Americans do what everyone else does, and buys them. People who say Bush invaded Iraq for oil don't understand that strategic resources only matter if there is a strategic threat...

With the benefit of hindsight, staying out of Iraq was a good idea. The appeal for "peacekeepers" {the ironic quotation marks} by Dr. Rajaa Khuzai, a person who was not elected but appointed to her position, is for Canadian consumption. Canadians are rightfully proud of our soldiers and their...