Canada's Election '08

[Old Wizard]

'Jackass' Layton would like our troop's mission in Afghanistan to be converted into a UN Peacekeeping one. In other words, not equipped to fight. He seems to think that blue berets and helmets will stop Taliban roadside bombs and gunfire. He'd make our troops easier targets.

[pbfoot]

Originally Posted by Old Wizard

'Jackass' Layton would like our troop's mission in Afghanistan to be converted into a UN Peacekeeping one. In other words, not equipped to fight. He seems to think that blue berets and helmets will stop Taliban roadside bombs and gunfire. He'd make our troops easier targets.

Layton has heard from me , but I've more chance of winning the lottery then him getting to be PM

[freebird]

Originally Posted by pbfoot

I agree with what your saying but i think your lacking the insight of the actual workings of the military .

Sorry what do you mean by that exactly? What "actual workings" are you referring to?


I certainly have a good understanding of the political ramifications that are involved with military funding. I'm not an expert in aircraft systems obviously, but I trust the top military experts who seem to be in agreement that the Sea Kings are long overdue for a replacement. Also that Canada's transport capabilities are inadequate for our missions, when we have to beg, borrow or rent space from other nations. In Afganistan Canada does not have it's own "organic" air support, we rely on the Dutch or Americans or someone else IIRC, not the ideal situation certainly.

I am of the opinion that our military has been underfunded for many years, {in relation to what they are expected to do} during the Liberal tenure, do you disagree with this?

Are you saying they were adequatly funded during the 90's?

[pbfoot]

What I'm saying is the military never gets what it wants but if they did you couldn't afford the taxes

[freebird]

Originally Posted by pbfoot

What I'm saying is the military never gets what it wants but if they did you couldn't afford the taxes

Sure, I would be happy to take over command of the Afganistan mission, and I would be willing to make do with ONLY 4 Canadian Aircraft Carriers....


The point I was making was that our Liberal government was happy to send/retain our troops to help out in all of these places {Afganistan, Indian Ocean, Cyprus, Haiti etc} but not willing to pay the costs. We pay far less as % of GDP than the USA, we have a better economic situation, so there is no excuse to be cheap on the military.


I understand that the Military never gets all it wants, but with our supply ships and helicopters many years if not decades past replacement dates, it's poor support of our military.

[Old Wizard]

Whenever I see Jack Layton on TV he reminds me of a con man or a TV product huckster.

[JugBR]

2 useless votes

[pbfoot]

Originally Posted by Old Wizard

Whenever I see Jack Layton on TV he reminds me of a con man or a TV product huckster.

Taliban Jack or Osama bin Layton is a huckster

[Old Wizard]

I got polled tonight by telephone regarding our upcoming Canadian election [I think it might have been an NDP backed poll judging from the questions]
and many of my answers made the young guy on the other end go silent or giggle nervously. He's probably never heard so much negative regard for our political leaders in his life. He's likely young and idealistic.....but he'll out grow it if he's really paying attention.

[pbfoot]

Found this gem I took it ended up like this 1
1 Conservative
2 Greem
3 Liberal
TheStar.com Party Game

[pbfoot]

I'm now checking out whether any of these chumps I'm supposed to be voting for have ever had a job getting their hands dirty or flipped a burger or something like that. They claim to all be speaking for the working guy now to find out which ones actually worked

[Old Wizard]

Our choices.

[pbfoot]

Getting bombarded with Layton ads on TV
Where's he get the money?

[Old Wizard]

I guess the Lib-Left really opened their wallets this time. I think the more you see him the more you realize what a huckster he is.
Too many non-thinkers believe in him.

[freebird]

Originally Posted by pbfoot

Taliban Jack or Osama bin Layton is a huckster

The Tories & NDP will probably pick up a few seats in B.C. from the Liberals