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Originally Posted by #-3
Are there actually other options?
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We could try meeting our NATO obligations on defence spending. We could try not being the laughing-stock of the Western world when it comes to domestic security and intelligence.
Australia isn’t in NATO but it has the confidence of the U.S., UK, and other allies. It’s trusted in intelligence and military planning.
Canada has come to be regarded as a freeloader. We enjoy all of the benefits of belonging to the Western power bloc, but we won’t shoulder our share of the costs. What we mainly bring to the table is the ‘soft power’ of high-minded rhetoric.
So when a Canadian citizen is assassinated on our soil and we go to our allies about it, why should we expect them to offer anything more than “Yeah, that sucks… but whaddaya gonna do?”