Whoa ... guys!
Last time I checked, there were laws against smoking crack ... !
Budget increase for DND?
Now why on Earth would the Big Red Machine go and do something like that, when other countries are actually mobilising?
Come on, now - sober up (oh, sorry, Mr Minister - I wasn‘t specifically addressing you - it was somewhat of a rhetorical remark ... although, now that I think of it, I suppose I‘d sleep a little easier if I actually believed that Parliamentarians weren‘t usually "drunk as lords" ... an incredibly appropriate figure of speech, if I do say so myself ... but, I digress ...).
The Liddle Thug From Shawinigan is focussed upon building his legacy, and ya gotta figure he doesn‘t want to go down in history as the guy who actually spent some money on national defence. I mean, after all, isn‘t that musical fountain in his home riding much more significant? Or, what about all that money he saved taxpayers when he cancelled the EH-101 project (of course, let‘s not count those penalty fees ... about $500 million, wasn‘t it?)
No, Crouton is much more interested in retiring as the PM who did absolutely nothing contraversial during his tenure (is it over yet? Please, oh pretty please ... ?)
Nope - it‘s pure genius, on the part of his smarmy little weasel puke advisors (paid for by Liberal party coffers, so they‘re not accountable to the Canadian electorate, I might add).
This brain trust figures they can ensure the safety of Canadian troops by ... (are you ready for this?) ... cutting the budget on the eve of war, so as to cripple the Armed Forces, so much so that NONE of them will be able to afford to go in harm‘s way ... !!!!! Genius! Pure Genius!!!
Let‘s see - the Navy if running out of seaman who can deply without a waiver - that‘ll ensure our friggin‘ frigates don‘t go anywhere dangerous.
The Air Force hasn‘t been able to keep up with the technology of some of our allies, and thus won‘t be invited to the dance ... unless, of course, it‘s an airshow ...
And the Army ... ? Well, at least they finally bought some desert camouflage, eh? Now at least our guys can look good in some photo ops! Heck, they might even get to pull gate duty in the rear area, if only one of our benevolent allies will cough up some airlift ... (sigh).
I keep remembering something from our Regimental history - the fact that the Militia had approx 140K troops on strength in August 1939. Yup, we‘re oh so much better prepared today, aren‘t we?
And, the bottom line is this: You can‘t knit an Army overnight, no matter how much dough you throw at it. Today we are suffering from years, even decades of neglect ... but, the culprits can look forward to pulling in their obscenely huge pensions when they retire from the House of Commons, and the little weasels who hovered in the wings will flit away to advice other Quislings.
Old soldiers? They just fade away ... (and, best of all, if you‘re Militia - you get to fade away without a pension! Only in Canada, eh? Pity.)
