Canada's Military Said to be on 'Verge of Collapse'

CNSNEWS.com ^ | 9/18/02 | Alison Appelbe

[PaulJ]

Canada has a military??

[LenS]

They're spending US$7.6 billion on defense? Where? On what?

[jimtorr]

Yes, Canada has a military, and sometimes it seems like the army is all in the Balkans, and the navy is all near Afghanistan.

[LibWhacker]

Not a penny to help them, nor a drop of American blood shed to defend them, until Canada allows its people to keep and bear arms. That alone would go a long way toward allowing Canada to defend herself -- as long as they all haven't been dumbed down into not much more than surrender monkeys during the last 50 years.

[Happygal]

Did the canoe capsize?

[bullseye1911]

Cool! OK, They got oil, lumber, great fishing, great hunting and an angry rural population. I say we annex 'em and make a 51st. State!! Let's roll!

[FreedomPoster]

Bad idea. I don't think we want Ontario, Quebec, or the Maritimes. Too socialist. We'll take the rest.

[Brian Allen]

<< Did the canoe capsize? >>

One time I was up there, eh -- and saw their airplane outside its hanger!

Eh?

[Bringbackthedraft]

Can you spell "A-N-N-E-X-A-T-I-O-N"? But let it not apply to Quebec.

[Happygal]

I guess I can't laugh...the Irish Navy has one boat between them. We call them all dry land sailors. The Sea Scouts have more military experience *LOL*
To think we exported Commadore John Barry to the US! :-)

[Logic n' Reason]

Our Canadian neighbors are indeed in a "pickle"! They've secretly asked the US for assistance and been quietly but firmly rebuffed. . . something about, ". . . if you can't help yourselves, don't look to us (US) to do it. . .".

So...the gov'mt of Canada began to search for a willing "partner" to offer assistance at an affordable price.

The good news is: they found one!

The bad news is: France said all Canada's military really needs is full instructions (one side of a three x five file card) on how to surrender!!

"We give up!"

[wallcrawlr]

What sort of agreements do the Canadians have with the English? Do they share some costs in defending/patrolling the north Atlantic and Artic Ocean?

Does England have any influence over these canucks at all?

[watcher1]

He added that a "cheap" and "rather sad" anti-Americanism, always present in Canada,

Yes,84% of these people think we bought 911 on ourselves
They are not our friends

[CWRWinger]

My father was a Canadian citizen who joined the US Navy during WWII. I asked him why he didn't join the Canadian Army. His response was, that would be like committing suicide. I didn't entirely understand what he meant until I read the mortality rate of the Canadian forces. It was the highest of any allied army in WWII.

[RWG]

Canada is a country?

[Wormwood]

I don't even know what street Canada is on.

[watcher1]

What sort of agreements do the Canadians have with the English?

It's a very subservient, submissive one.
canada gets on it's knees and licks it's masters boots

[Joe 6-pack]

I thought it was a suburb of Detroit...

[MichiganMan]

Last week, the National Post newspaper and Global television network released a poll that showed 79 per cent of Canadians believe their nation would need American help in the case of an attack yet only 52 per cent support more government spending on the military.

That's because despite the adolescent satisfaction they get by sniping at the U.S. they know that we would never let anything happen to them. Its sort of like a teenager showing how rebellious he is by mouthing off about the police while secretly he knows that there is no real danger of the police retaliating and knows that they are obligated to assist him if he needs it.