Today, we commit comparatively less money to our military than any other country in NATO except Luxembourg.
are we behind iceland? because that may just be impossible.
It has been six decades since the Second World War, when the Canadian Forces reached their pinnacle of power and respect, and one decade since the Somalia scandal, when the Forces hit their dark nadir. After so much turbulence, what is the real state of the military today?
the somalia scandal. ah yes.
we come to the heart of the real problem with canada's military, right here.
a beauracracy somehow decides to send a frontline combat unit into somalia. these guys are killers. so, they kill people. or more technically they violate procedure by torturing THEN killing someone who broke into the base, instead of simply killing him on the spot.
so the unit is torn down, reformed without some of the more notorious bad people, and all is supposedly well.
shouldn't we be wondering why this situation came aboot in the first place? who's making these asinine decisions anyway? who keeps booking appointments for our boys with one hand and taking away office space with the other?
and quite honestly anyone that thinks somalia was a big deal should check in with all the soliers sent back from the former yugoslavia, who were politley rebuked for having too many notches in their rifles by getting a ticket punched for home.
unreal and outrageous, i just don't see how without a proper joint chiefs of staff type situation canada's military will be viable for much longer.
were i making decisions i would concentrate a large amount of money on building a guerilla warfare force, using ATVs and dirtbikes, mortars, and a large network of sensors and communications across this great land. after this was in place THEN i would dela with the outside world.
if our peacekeepers keep getting new assignments then we should face reality and buy them some new toys, some new boats, new everything. like a $20 billion budget, the same price that quebec is.
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