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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Are you prepared to exit NATO then?
Canada has to be able to defend itself. That is a given.
But Canada has commitments abroad. These commitments mean Canada's military has to be able to deploy and perform in conflict zones, and to support our NATO allies. No one thought we'd see a large scale conflict in Eastern Europe again, yet here we are. What happens when the mad man invades non-NATO Finland next? Or what happens if he invades a NATO ally like Estonia?
If we focus only on "one" thing like you suggest, then Canada has to exit NATO, which would be a disaster for our security IMO.
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I'm not sure we can effectively focus on both. I'm not advocating exiting NATO, I'm advocating focusing our military on one primary task, rendering others secondary. If our military's primary focus is supporting NATO, to me that is a different force than defending Canada. How often has our military been needed to defend this country? I'm not really pushing any directions, I'm just wondering whether we can or can't do everything with equal priority.
But if this military needs to be able to both defend itself and project itself overseas as equal focuses, I wish you all luck determining the right force configuration!
