Just look at it: Here we have a Canuck general stationed in a sophisticated, ultra-secretive mountain base, surrounded by American military officials and super high-tech gear – and he’s probably earning a decent paycheque while playing soldier safe from living the embarrassment that is the state of our armed forces – suggesting we’re all-for-one with Bush’s whacked nuke proliferation initiative. Also noteworthy, Rick and his pals are worried they might lose their jobs if Ottawa doesn’t get on board with Washington’s plans.
Call me a cynic, but I think this all but kills Rick’s credibility as an unbiased, informed and knowledgeable source for determining which way the wind blows with the average Canuck schlep riding the bus to work each day.
But, since Rick decided to take matters into his own hands on behalf of all of us, ol’ Sammy would like to offer you another view of what ordinary Canadians think of the U.S. missile defence plan:
Canada thinks the U.S. missile defence plan is going to get us all killed a few thousand times over. It will encourage the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the planet, and serve as the launch pad for the insane Star Wars initiative that’ll see the American military put nuclear weapons (pointed at Mother Earth) into outer space. Canadians think Americans are truly f**ked for even toying with the idea.
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They do show many emails from Canada and I just thought they should know how one more Canadian feels.
Watching Bush these days just makes me sick, the foolish little grin on his face needs a good swipe. Smirks don't show intelligence, they show contempt.
He's a contemptuous little man, and I'll be so glad if he loses the next election. I CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE OF THE LITTLE RUNT !!
There, I feel better now. Just like Dave does after one of his rants.
Keep it up, Dave, I'm learning.
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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca
for the blood pressure, better than coffee or
beating on your walls!
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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca
Just look at the way the lies flow about how well the "patriot" missile works.
IT DOESN'T. And they lie about it. Why? Because arms contractors are so far up the pentagon wazoo that they can't see daylight anymore. And they like it that way.
So...if this is true about a relatively simple (compared to the techno nightmare of star wars) missile then it's probably true about Ronnie's fantasy. Which is a billion times more complicated.
Trillions will be spent. For what?
What the hell are they so afraid of? The U.S. is the biggest arms dealer in the world. When will they see that this military wet dream is killing them? And us? With more than 1/2 of their taxes going to the military it's no wonder that the arms industry is leached to the yanks. The truth is though, that if you sell a gun to some insurgent group it'll eventually cost you 100 times as much to wrench that gun back from them when they have started pointing it a way the U.S. doesnt like. It in fact is probably cheaper (to taxpayers) not to sell it in the first place.
I just love the idea of getting out my telescope on a warm summer night and looking at the streaking satellites, wondering which ones are multi-megaton. And when...as the rule states...what went up comes down...and where.
I like your posts and the way you make your points
Kevin
Sincerely,
HP,
Texas
And of course you can easily come back to the argument that Sept 11 proved there are other, very damaging things to worry about that even a working missile defence can't prevent or stop. Namely, terrorism.
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Now call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard, and we hit it fast, with a major, and I mean major, leaflet campaign.--Rimmer, Red Dwarf