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Originally Posted by evman150
The first part is just semantics. Why not pare it down to some sort of emergency response task force? Obviously that's valuable to the Canadian public, but it doesn't have to be the military's job.
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The military does do the job right now and they do it damn well... plus setting up a national response force, what are they going to do, have 15,000 people waiting around to do something once every couple of years? That really seems like a crap idea.
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Originally Posted by evman150
"Ensuring [our] freedom"...no. They don't do that, sorry. Army types like to get all high and mighty, when really the truth is they don't ensure our freedom at all. It's all just bluster. Canadian soldiers killing some Afghans does nothing for me. Absolutely nothing but waste my tax dollars.
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Judging by your previous posts, you are generally about giving everyone the same rights and the same privileges no matter who they are and where they are from or what their background may be. Seems like that only extends to the Canadian borders though and the rest of the world can be damned.
Plus I think that history has shown that those who train over in Afghanistan and those who are based out of Afghanistan have and will continue to come over to western nations and attempt to inflict the maximum amount of damage as is possible. The hands off approach really didn't do much to protect our security so maybe a different approach is needed in regions such as Afghanistan.
There is a reason that every developed nation has an armed forces, because they are an unfortunate necessity.
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Originally Posted by evman150
"Defending the north"...from penguins? From those pesky reds? This doesn't need to be the military either, just like the emergency thing.
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Arctic sovereignty? Has this been a major issue in the news due to the melting polar ice caps and the opening of the Northwest Passage as well as the natural resources which are located underneath? The actions of the Dutch, Norway, the United States as well as the Russians have proven that even if it is only symbolic it is necessary to have troops as well as equipment such as ice breakers up north.
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As for Afghanistan, it's a joke we ever went there in the first place. That was the colossal blunder.
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I disagree, the troops there are doing a fantastic job, but you know my viewpoint and I know yours, and I have the feeling that neither of us will change each others opinion.