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Originally Posted by starseed
Hey, I am just as embarassed by the state of our military as the next Canadian. I am not happy when I hear stories like how our equipment that we used when we entered Afghanistan was so antiquated that it forced our allies to communicate via a method that was easily tapped into. I am just saying he spent the largest chunk of change ever spent on military equipment on aircraft that even a retired Canadian airforce major general could not find a use for. The best explanation that we got was something like 'it is so pretty that it will attract more people into the armed forces'.
As for the expensive, ineffective US style prison system, ya... I would rather not burden my chequebook more just to get revenge on those criminal scum drug abusers. However, since it works so great in the USA, let's try it here!
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Then that airforce general is a fool. The F-18 airframe is over 30 years old, its time for them to go, combine that with the fact that the F-35 is becoming the defacto nato standard, which means easier integration, and a technology that will let them run for another 30 years.
I have no problem with drug heads getting lenient treatment depending on the crime, but I have no problem with building prisons to house violent offenders and sex offenders.