Military Stretched Thin - Yer not sayin'...
I have been saying this for over 10 years. I provided an unsolicited 15-page document to Air Force Retention (a section invented to bandage the outpouring of qualified personnel who were sick of the governments cutbacks and absence of commitment to our military). The Liberal government and the upper echelon "Yes-men and women" of the Canadian Forces have been trying to use our military as stretch-wrap to cover all the edges of everything from our coastlines, to NATO commitments, to our northern sovereignty, to search and rescue and back again. It's a good thing we don't have to protect against invasion from below...
Maybe my belief that the Conservatives government would be equally ineffective at protecting and supporting our service people, coupled with an ongoing inability to provide serious commitment to rebuilding and re-equipping the Canadian military, were premature. The following news story finally seems to recognize just how thin our military has been left following years of hack and slash governing.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/04/13/oconnor060413.html
Will the Conservatives improve this? I hope so. Am I still pissed-off that Emerson and Harper (re: Fortier & Emerson) have not been held to task for the abuse of our voters trust? You bet I am. This merely elicits the often-misinterpreted belief that just because I'm pissed-off about the unethical and completely irresponsible manner, in which government handles one issue, doesn't mean the same government is incapable of correctly handling other issues. However, they should still be held to task and held accountable for each of the unreasonable acts they commit.
Each event is exclusive but correctly reacting to situations and issues that disgust and outrage the electorate should be handled individually. I'm not saying that everybody should resign but I believe Harpers abuse of power in those circumstances still needs to be punished. The spirit of our country's rules, combined with Harpers word to support the spirit of those rules, rather than act like Liberals, cries out for restorative measures and telling him that he is not permitted to do things contrary to his election promises. He promised to fix the loopholes and problems in our country's legislation, not use them to his own ends. Fix that...
...and thanks for finally recognizing the shortfalls in supporting our troops! Hey maybe next we could look at providing our troops with equivalent college or university accreditation for the standardized training that they receive around Canada. What a concept, respect for protecting your country.
My thoughts for now...
FredfromCBS
Maybe my belief that the Conservatives government would be equally ineffective at protecting and supporting our service people, coupled with an ongoing inability to provide serious commitment to rebuilding and re-equipping the Canadian military, were premature. The following news story finally seems to recognize just how thin our military has been left following years of hack and slash governing.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/04/13/oconnor060413.html
Will the Conservatives improve this? I hope so. Am I still pissed-off that Emerson and Harper (re: Fortier & Emerson) have not been held to task for the abuse of our voters trust? You bet I am. This merely elicits the often-misinterpreted belief that just because I'm pissed-off about the unethical and completely irresponsible manner, in which government handles one issue, doesn't mean the same government is incapable of correctly handling other issues. However, they should still be held to task and held accountable for each of the unreasonable acts they commit.
Each event is exclusive but correctly reacting to situations and issues that disgust and outrage the electorate should be handled individually. I'm not saying that everybody should resign but I believe Harpers abuse of power in those circumstances still needs to be punished. The spirit of our country's rules, combined with Harpers word to support the spirit of those rules, rather than act like Liberals, cries out for restorative measures and telling him that he is not permitted to do things contrary to his election promises. He promised to fix the loopholes and problems in our country's legislation, not use them to his own ends. Fix that...
...and thanks for finally recognizing the shortfalls in supporting our troops! Hey maybe next we could look at providing our troops with equivalent college or university accreditation for the standardized training that they receive around Canada. What a concept, respect for protecting your country.
My thoughts for now...
FredfromCBS
posted by Fred Harris | 2:20 PM
3 Comments:
They ain't stretched to thin because of NL. Seeing as we don't have one operational manned base in all of NL.
That's where it ripped and wrapped around the rest of the east coast...
I always forget to mention the ! Combat Engineer Unit in Moncton and the Bird gunners stationed in Moncton also.
If all of the federal jobs were taken out of these places they would be worse of then NL is.
Our taxes paid to build Canada.
Primary industy is the only industry to actually contribute to an economy the rest is just a shuffle game of Primary industries profits.
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