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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Worst reason ever.
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Is it? We're geographically too big with a population too small to ever be able to defend ourselves. We need a super strong ally to protect us. Since we've always had one, it make sense to let them take on most of the burden since they've built up a huge army already. Say we doubled our spending. Or tripled it. Or quintupled it. We still couldn't defend ourselves. I think we should spend as little as they'll let us get away with and commiserate with what we can afford and in line with what it takes to outfit our army so it's as competent - and our soldiers are as fairly compensated - as other nations that are our size.
On another note, you hear how Americans recruits are tricked by recruiters with bait-and-switch tactics...does that happen in Canada as well or does the compensation, lifestyle, etc. get accurately laid out so young people know exactly what they're signing up for when they join our military?