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toms3
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First...I love my country and I love being in the forces. So I find it very frustrating to see the state the CF. Obviously you can see its affect on our moral in general. I just don‘t get it. I don‘t understand how they can continue to cut and cut. I have had the opportunity to work with US and UK troop and from my experience I believe that Canada has (man for man) the best, most professional soldiers out of the 3 countries. But we lack the tools and funding. I know..I know, we have heard this all before.
I feel Canada could be a world power. Due to our population, not like a US, China or Russia (just to name a few)...but in a way that people would think twice before messing with us and that we could sustain/maintain our commitments around the world with out putting stresses on our resources. If, (lets just imagine for a second), that the US wanted our Water or other resource...there is nothing stopping them....(other than the international community). Find a book called Exxoneration by Richard Romer...its a story that talk about this scenario. With tanks centrally located within the country (all 118) they will be of no use...so we would be no more than a small hornet buzzing around their head.
Here is a possible solution. Promote and Develop a Canadian defence industry. Design a Canadian replacement for the Leo, develop our own Aircraft and so on. I realize this would be a long-term project but Canada has the technology and it would in the end create Canadian Jobs. Spend Canadian dollars in Canada.
There are countries out there that are very similar to us, but have a bigger punch (Australia).
Frustrated.
I feel Canada could be a world power. Due to our population, not like a US, China or Russia (just to name a few)...but in a way that people would think twice before messing with us and that we could sustain/maintain our commitments around the world with out putting stresses on our resources. If, (lets just imagine for a second), that the US wanted our Water or other resource...there is nothing stopping them....(other than the international community). Find a book called Exxoneration by Richard Romer...its a story that talk about this scenario. With tanks centrally located within the country (all 118) they will be of no use...so we would be no more than a small hornet buzzing around their head.
Here is a possible solution. Promote and Develop a Canadian defence industry. Design a Canadian replacement for the Leo, develop our own Aircraft and so on. I realize this would be a long-term project but Canada has the technology and it would in the end create Canadian Jobs. Spend Canadian dollars in Canada.
There are countries out there that are very similar to us, but have a bigger punch (Australia).
Frustrated.