Canada Should Sign On To Missile Defence: Senate Report

The USA, a foreign Government and a Foreign people, making policy and law in Canada!

Would American's tollerate Canadians and the Canadian Government doing the same towards and in their Country?

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Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.

Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.

The report concludes that an effective anti-missile system has the potential to save "hundreds of thousands of Canadian lives."

The two key words here are "effective" and "potential". If we get to the point where nuclear missiles are being launched all over the globe, life won't be worth living. Maybe those who have their comfortable underground bunkers to run to see this differently.

The only reason the Defense department wants Canada to do another Arrow for Bormarc style cave-in is because the US military wants the Canadian Arctic for it'as private playground.

Myself, I'd rather give it to the Russians than let those bastards have it.

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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"

"The Weapon" - Rush

This must be a joke! It is far too easy to pick this idiotic nonsense apart, in fact it's just as good to say nothing and let it speak for itself as a parody. <br><br> Example: <br><br> "... double the amount of money it gives for foreign aid" <br><br> Translation, "... double the amount of money it gives for foreign wars." <br><br> "It dismisses critics who say the system is unworkable, saying there have been recent tests that show promising results." <br><br> Never mind all the <a href="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=National+Missile+Defense+test+failure&btnG=Search&meta=">failures</a>, let's concentrate on all the <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/051100-101.htm">successes</a>. <br><br> "the system, which is being developed at no cost to Canadians" <br><br> Considering that Canada is NOT participating in the program, I would be very surprised to hear that it was costing Canada something! <br><br> Everyone in the Senate should be tarred and feathered for this idiotic display of madness.

I saw the chair Colin Kenny today on "Politics" and again on CPAC "Talk Politics". Crazy thinking on many of the issues. Missile Defence for sure and the Defence Minister can spend up to $500M at a pop as he sees fit without going through Parliament. That's probably how Halliburton and Lockheed Martin will end up becoming part of the government of Canada as they are in the USA.

I emailed him and said I thought that the Senate was to be our "sober second thought" yet this committee was "drunk" on war and military spending.

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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche

Well put 4Canada!
That statement is made obvious by the statement...
"The report also argues that the system, which is being developed at no cost to Canadians, offers a defence that will act solely as a deterrent and not lead to an arms race in space.".
I don't care how "effective" a "deterrent" it may be right now. As is the case in every technology, something will be built to counter it. That would be an arms race.
It's interesting that this story came off the CBC site, because I watched The National last night and "The Report From the Senate" story consisted of a list of topics but nothing more. Not a question was asked by any CBC reporter to any Senator or Politician.
That's journalism in the 21rst Century!
And finally what country in their right mind would allow itself to be 100% defended by a different nation? That is insane, notwithstanding that some, (if not all) of our defenses should be used with a mind towards and an eye on the ever expanding American Empire!

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Everybody got to deviate from the norm

I think this is an excellent example why we need to be ELECTING our senators to fixed terms. When is that bill coming in?

I think we should fire the entire Senate Defense Committee, what ever the hell THAT is, immediately. They are obviously a pack of neo-con pro-US cavers who would love to hand Canada over on a platter.

This is all about the US ONCE AGAIN trying to sign us up for some bogus white elephant scheme like the Bomarc missile program, designed for ONE purpose, to make US defense contractors RICHER.

As opposed to creating a Canadian military presence in the Arctic, something the US definitely DOES NOT WANT. They are already building the armed ice breakers to counter it.


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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous, the essential act of warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour”

Why are they even giving us the idea that we have a choice? It's already a done deal. Read this and tell me differently.<br />
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Canada and America: Missile Defense and the Vows of Military Integration<br />
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<a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20050223&articleId=442">http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20050223&articleId=442</a>

The U.S. informs its allies but does not consult them. What would be different with the Missile Shield Program? As to the Missile shield program Canada has not been asked to supply any money or land to base missile defenses, but it has agreed to share NORAD data to help the plan. The North American Aerospace Command is a joint U.S.-Canadian military operation, but mainly run by the U.S. Government, that dates back to the Cold War to monitor missiles, aircraft and space objects and warn of threats to the continent. "We think it's in Canada's sovereign interest to be in the room to decide what's going to happen when there's an incoming missile," said Ambassador Paul Cellucci. Does anyone really think that with the speed that ICBM’s fly that they are so slow that there is going to be a discussion over whether to shoot it down? I think not! We will be lucky to get a call even if know about it. Let’s face it, the missile, no matter how you calculate it, if detected soon enough to intercept it will be intercepted over Canadian territory and the impact or fall out lands on Canada and the people of Canada. That’s if the system works. Not on the United States of America or on American citizens! So why is it important that Canada signs on or not? For liability, maybe?

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Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.

Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.

Our country is already lost.

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If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.

And these morons were elected by who? One more reason to abolish the senate.

I wonder if the senaters on this commission need to be refreshed on the 14 characteristics of fascism?<a href="http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=britt_23_2">http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=britt_23_2</a> <br />
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<p>---<br>"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche<br />