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JTF 2 is the best model for the CF‘s future
Posted by Gregory D. Sampson from Canada on November 05, 1998 at 14:42:16:
Dear Mr. Kent,
I‘d like to comment on JTF 2, although some of it I have already said before.
Personally, I believe JTF 2 is the kind of multi-operational dimemsion the CF should strive to achieve in the CF. I believe in efficiency, and regional defense arrangements, and a trans-regional alliance like NATO. I don‘t believe the UN is effective in many of todays threat scenarios and conflicts.
Being that conflicts are increasingly of a low-intensity nature, and that they increasingly unconventional, they require a special, tailored response as apposed to the traditional multi-purpose conventional force approach.
Canada has a great Peacekeeping reputation, which is actually an unconventional use of military power. Now is the time to extend that role by widening the mandate of special operation forces SOF.
Personally, I believe the CF should restructure completely its defense doctrine by replacing its ‘multi-purpose conventional combat capable force‘ which is minimal and almost neglible in Global perspective and create an Canadian Forces centred on SOF as the backbone of the military purpose.
Agreeably, it is highly controversial, and the old stock wouldn‘t want it. Canada, in my opinion, must make fundamental changes in its military mission to become the most efficient and most beneficial to our and our allies security.
Having a Armed Forces with Special Forces as its backbone, although smaller in number, would far outweigh our current influence in security by going beyond conventional peacekeeping, by moving into crisis-intervention, covert ops absolutely necessary and other unconventional operations which require minimal conventional overhead expenditures. The use of these elite soldiers could cross many barriers which our current conventional soldiers aren‘t qualified to undertake, such as active drug interdiction abroad, and foreign military intelligence operations.
Nevertheless, I could go on and on on the Why‘s, but does the public, or for that matter, the Government have the political will to undertake such a formidable project? I believe not. Perhaps one day, hopefully sooner than later for the safety of us all.
Posted by Gregory D. Sampson from Canada on November 05, 1998 at 14:42:16:
Dear Mr. Kent,
I‘d like to comment on JTF 2, although some of it I have already said before.
Personally, I believe JTF 2 is the kind of multi-operational dimemsion the CF should strive to achieve in the CF. I believe in efficiency, and regional defense arrangements, and a trans-regional alliance like NATO. I don‘t believe the UN is effective in many of todays threat scenarios and conflicts.
Being that conflicts are increasingly of a low-intensity nature, and that they increasingly unconventional, they require a special, tailored response as apposed to the traditional multi-purpose conventional force approach.
Canada has a great Peacekeeping reputation, which is actually an unconventional use of military power. Now is the time to extend that role by widening the mandate of special operation forces SOF.
Personally, I believe the CF should restructure completely its defense doctrine by replacing its ‘multi-purpose conventional combat capable force‘ which is minimal and almost neglible in Global perspective and create an Canadian Forces centred on SOF as the backbone of the military purpose.
Agreeably, it is highly controversial, and the old stock wouldn‘t want it. Canada, in my opinion, must make fundamental changes in its military mission to become the most efficient and most beneficial to our and our allies security.
Having a Armed Forces with Special Forces as its backbone, although smaller in number, would far outweigh our current influence in security by going beyond conventional peacekeeping, by moving into crisis-intervention, covert ops absolutely necessary and other unconventional operations which require minimal conventional overhead expenditures. The use of these elite soldiers could cross many barriers which our current conventional soldiers aren‘t qualified to undertake, such as active drug interdiction abroad, and foreign military intelligence operations.
Nevertheless, I could go on and on on the Why‘s, but does the public, or for that matter, the Government have the political will to undertake such a formidable project? I believe not. Perhaps one day, hopefully sooner than later for the safety of us all.
