NDP Action Against Star Wars

What do they mean it won\'t work? It will work fine - as a first-strike weapon.

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"So many right-wing Christians, so few lions." - t-shirt I saw @ school

Hitting a bullet with a bullet. What a dumb concept.

I want to organize some sort of action related to this through Vive, but emphasizing the sovereignty aspect, since the gov keeps saying if we\'re not \"at the table\" we\'ll lose sovereignty.

The NDP site and this article claim "could costs as much as $1 trillion. " but they never cite ethier cost *who* 1 trillion dollars or where they get this number from. I think they just made it up. I think the US has already allocated this money, and because it's a US military project therefore it must be bad. I'll wait and see what the US actually asks for from Canada, then make my decision.<p> "I find your lack of faith <i>. . .Disturbing</i>" Darth Vader.<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

I don`t lack faith in the force, just the dark side, which is US corporate fascism! We already know that this new Star Wars project is already fuelling a new arms race! Money spent on weapons as opposed to health care, education, medicine, affordable housing, infrastructure, etc, etc. I too, believe that this is really destined to be a first strike weapon!

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Dave Ruston

At this point, I believe we are not allowing them to use Canadian soil for the deployment of these weapons, and as far as I know, we are not on the hook for any money.

YET !!!

However, I am confident that in the future we will become ground zero for missile bases and the signifigant money that this would require.

I say NO to the Missile Defense !!

I said so in the last petition that was sent out.

What else can we do ??




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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca

Why does it matter what the US asks from Canada? If we sign on we\'ll be lending legitimacy to their project while ignoring our own ability to use other alternatives--like non-proliferation through treaties (like, oh, the ABM treaty the US refused to be part of). Let\'s get rid of the missiles in the first place, not build more defences and weapons to deal with them (systems that are not effective--Star Wars is easily fooled by simple techniques like decoys). That\'s called an \"arms race.\" Remember the Cold War?

You Canadians are exactly like your French cousins...weak. If it wasn\'t for the French, no one would know how to surrender. What a poor excuse for a nation of free people.

What happens when a rouge country attacks you peace loving Canadians and you don\'t have any defenses? Peace is a wonderful thing, but only if everyone is on board. If they aren\'t, war is the only way to level the playing field in order to achieve peace. Freedom isn\'t free or cheap.

Just because we are free, does that mean we have to become warmongers ? I don\'t see a lot of reasons for a rogue nation to attack us.

We are not the real target. We may get hit because they missed our cousins to the south.

I prefer diplomacy and peacekeeping.





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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca

Who are you, and how are the French any better at surrendering than Tony Blair or Paul Martin?

War is NOT necessary, it is an OPTION. What you meant to say is a WELL-FUNDED ARMED FORCES is necessary, and I agree, to serve as a deterrent, and act ONLY when necessary.

As stated: (Source: Centre for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)

1. Star Wars is expensive
Star Wars could costs as much as $1 trillion. If Canada is asked to pay even 1/100th of the bill - it will mean $10 billion less for medicare, cities, and the environment.
(Source: Centre for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation)

See on pulse24 news that Canada just may be able to bid on some of the contracts for Iraq now. Guess martin\'s support for this program wouldn\'t have anything to do with this. Don\'t know what others think but this blood money isn\'t worth selling our airspace.
Robert

How many ways can Canadians say no! They just don\'t listen, I wrote to Paul Martin about this issue, asked for a parliamentary debate, I got the standard, \'thanks for your concern we\'ll pass it on. \' No concrete answers that\'s for sure. The U.S. has clearly decided they and only they, will decide who is a rogue nation, who is worthy of being bombed, etc. We are absolute fools if we think sitting at the table means we\'ll have some input, we are a tool, just like Iraq was until it didn\'t concede to the U.S. line of thinking, then they became rogue; it\'s ok for the corporations to fund these nations, supply the guns, the drugs etc, in order to achieve whatever dream \'they\' come up with, but as soon as some country becomes independent, \'BAM\' you\'re persona none existance! They keep using the saying that, \'my enemies enemy is my friend\', so no matter how brutal these people are, if they can serve a purpose they are a friend. When they no longer serve a purpose they become the enemy.

We can\'t possibly want to become part of this global dominance theme, if any country has legitamicy so far, it is Canada. We don\'t invade other countries, we don\'t set up governments or interfere with democracies in other parts of the world, we haven\'t been responsible for fixing elections or other illegal activities, as far as I know; most of our corruption is within, and needs to be stopped, but we have a unique opportunity to stand up for peace. In my opinion we should be the nation leading the rest of the world in peaceful options, use our military to help restore peace, we aren\'t historically warmongers, we rejected the power over us, the U.S. attempts to invade, the British dominance, we are our own people and have done so generally with democracy. Let us continue to support democracy at home and help others achieve the same, not through force, not through more bloodshed, not by sacrificing healthcare and education, poverty and orphanages; but through education, feed the hungry, help the impoverished gain medicine not guns, help the peoples of the world get rid of corrupt governments by eridacting the corrupt corporations that hold the governments captive.

This is an opportunity Canada should not miss, get off the bandwagon, and stop being a slave to the desires of our southern neighbor, who\'s current administration and corporate buddies only seek self satisfaction through world dominance at any cost. I am reminded of one of the premiers of Canada, responsible for signing the first Free Trade agreement, many years after the fact, admitted that he did not read the document he signed. How many people responsible for this decision will read the document, will know what they are committing Canadians to, when will we the people be told?

I hope that the NDP and Paul Hellyer of CAP, are able to educate Canadians about what this really means, and that perhaps some of the people in the U.S. will also realize what their government has planned and speak out against this! I wonder how many children will grow up without parents in Iraq and Afganistan because of the destruction waged upon them, how many of those orphans will be used by the new terror campaigns of the future? Hate breeds hate, fear breeds hate, war doesn\'t bring peace, when are we going to learn??

Peacekeeping and diplomacy are more noticed when backed up by a military-deterrent. That doesn\'t have to be nuclear weapons. We should revive our aerospace industry.