Military Funding???

Contributor: surrealist

Date: 2003-03-22 11:16:29

With the US claim to itself the role of supercop, we don't even need to have a military anymore. Outside China and Russia, there aren't many countries that have the will to face the greatest threat to human kind, the USA. They already have offices of FBI and CIA in Toronto and Vancouver and I don't know where else. Chretien play the perception that he is tough with the US, but being Paul Demarais front men, he is bound to be doing things to help the USA, just like canadian governemnt did in the Vietnam war. See Victor Levant Quiet complicity.
Look at this quote from a Ubersite (chat site) in the internet:
Submitted by lodnem@yahoo.com at 2002-08-23 14:54:41
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the only reason why the united states lets canada remain a country is because we haven't decided to expand north...yet."
As you can see, even US citizens admit that we existe as a nation because there is no decision yet made to invade. This is not the first time I see this discussions.
What is the point of having an army, if the greatest "possible invader" the USA has already:
1-bought out all our manufacturing sector,
2-all our energy concerns are in their hands,
3-agreements like NAFTA, that has made more and more difficult to get out of it, because canadian business elite has intertwined financial interests with the USA financial elite and the people in our soil are just "high paid minions", in the opinion of this same elite,
4- "bought" the canadian elite who has never had allegiance to anything but profit, even when they do philantropy and other "social responsible acts".
Money on the military is a waste. Canadian military is a "virtual reality" military. A make pretend group of people that is costing us too much money for the "pretending function that they fulfill".
In an order hand I am of the opinion, that the real way to deal with the conumdrum we find ourselves in is to have a very strong peace culture. In order to obliterate any claims of the US to our territories, we need to make our culture very distinct from the US culture. We need to define and implement conflict resolutions techniques in every step of our society relations. Peaceful means to create co-operation and nurture os plans to make possible for people to enjoy life, feel respect and dignity. One can only do that if one has a stake in the society.
The first act of peace is to honestly create a truth commission to restore the faith and hope in our First Nations and give them their rightful ownership to land and where possible and settle their claims in fairness and good faith. Then institue self governance in the traditional way that they are used to and not in an imposed way. Following protocol, listening to the people in the reservations and in urban areas. Make all persons that claim and can prove they are aboriginals, to hold their rights to nationahood. With DNA test this can be ascertained.
We cannot talk about foreign policy without resolving the first and foremost "foreign policy issues we have: First Nation Sovereigty issues, problem created by Britain".
Isn't it "funny" the Iraq problem has also been created by Britain.
And as far as the canadian army is concerned, put them to do civilian duties, while they pretend to be an army.