Canada Poised To Join Missile Project Before 2004 Election

Did our ministers take a course in Canadian history? I'm starting to think they haven't.

Kevin

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"War does not determine who is right - only who is left."
--Bertrand Russell

Hmmm...did we trade missile defence for opening the borders to mad cow beef? Funny how all those positive mad cow tests came in after the borders were opened, and funny how the US isn't closing the border in spite of those findings.

Canada must join the missile defence program if Canadians want to have a say in what's left of our defence sovereignty. We have neglected security requirements for so long that we have given up the capability to even monitor our own territory, let alone project any sort of power, 'soft' or 'hard'.

Missiles are getting cheaper and easier to deploy all the time - even private groups are doing space launches - so having a defence against missile attacks is no longer an option, it's a necessity. The only other possibility is to launch pre-emptive strikes against nations or groups that pose a threat to North America and it's doubtful there is any political will in Canada to do that.

Please anon.

Will there be an political pressure now that these damning reports about Martin have been announced?

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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter --

Winston Churchill

I don't agree with the Missile Defence System but if I did, the way you obviously do, I would be concerned that it actually doesn't work considering how important you seem to think it is for your safety. Have you considered that you may be better off investing in a hard hat, a swiss army pick axe, and a roll of gauze?

According to you, it's pretty simple to aquire and launch missiles. Why not put one in your back yard and you intercept the incoming missile for us? Because it'll be just ordinary citizen like you launching them at us as far as I can tell.

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"Yeah, well, [Mr. President] we used all five fingers because that's the way our mittens are made." Antonia Zerbisias

Good point. Nobody cares enough about Canada to want to drop a bomb or target a missile on it. It's the upside of not counting.

Once again, a person blowing off before doing any investigating or serious reading about the subject they are commenting on. Your opinion would carry more weight if you demonstrated any evidence that you know what you’re talking about. For starters, read Mel Hurtig’s book “Rushing to Armageddon” in which he clearly demonstrates that this system doesn’t work now and that the opinion of the majority of scientists who have specialized knowledge of this is that it never will work! Also, any reports you may hear about successful test results of this can be trashed, as in his book he also details how such tests are rigged. On the only ones where a target has been hit the flight path of the target was provided to the targeting system and on one they even put a guiding beacon in the head of the targeted missile.

Have you ever heard of a cruise missile? These can easily be adapted to carry nuclear warheads and can be launched from submarines or ships. They also cannot be detected by a missile defense shield because they fly under the radar that such a system is dependent on.

You’re right, we need to monitor our own territory, but what you are advocating is that we turn this over to the Americans with the foolish belief that we will have any real say in this at all. Americans never turn over military decisions to any other country. Did any other country participating in Iraq have a say but the US as to how things were going to happen?

Wake up!!! It is clear that MDI is about the US gaining space domination (their military has said as much; also in Mel Hurtig’s book) with the intent on imposing their ridiculously greedy form of capitalism on the rest of the world for relatively few greedy American individuals.

I find this the funniest part <blockquote>Defence and Foreign Affairs says that while Canada is not threatened by incoming missiles now, the risk is likely to increase over the next 15 to 20 years.</blockquote> If we go along with BMD, not only will there be a higher threat of incoming missiles, than if we didn't but we'll also be threatened by outgoing missiles going astray and even the remote possibility of missiles colliding over our airspace.<p>---<br>Canada for Canadians

So the leftist's solution is to allow a few North American cities to get nuked and then do some real handwringing! That's brilliant!

But, the leftist's say: If we completely disarm and stand naked before the aggressor's, they'll be nice to us because we're so harmless! A sentiment so patently ridiculous that one would have to have suicidal tendencies to hold it: immolate yourself if you must wash away your guilt, leave the rest of us to carry on with life.

This leftist here says Canada should defend itself! We don`t want the US to, um, 'protect' us. We really don`t want to be joined at the hip with them. Friends, sure, but, there is a border.

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Dave Ruston

I think that the Canadian way of protecting ourselves has proven to be a pretty good tactic. Sure we've let our military slip and it certainly does need to be rebuilt and modernized but at least we can say that we don't have enemies (countries mad at us) anywhere on the planet. The only country that I can think of that we seem to be afraid to offend, is our closest neighbour and historical "best friend". I know things are certainly going to change over the next half century and where oil is now the resource to fight wars over, water will replace it. That will put Canada in the position of having to defend herself against thirsty nations. But then again, the usa is the only country that I can think of who would rather not buy the resources it needs.

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Canada for Canadians

Our water isn't as plentiful as people think, so we can't sell it in bulk to anyone, or our watersheds will die, leaving none for anyone.

We have to make sure the Grand Canal Project doesn't happen, and we must ensure we ge tout of NAFTA, build a military, and tell the Americans to get a life.

Water can be created, and salt water can be converted inio drinking water, as some states in the U.S. already do.

The U.S. simply wants us to give them an easy way out, so they won't have to change their gluttonous lawn-watering and irragation ways.

The Soviet Union ruined a large lake by over-extending the water supply. Let's not make the same mistake.

If they try to harm the great lakes, send in the army.

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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter --

Winston Churchill

Send in the army? Are you joking?

No I don't think he is. The two posts prior to yours both used the words "build a military". You americans or american lovers continue to delude yourself with the notion that other nations or groups of nations will never stand up to the us because they are too powerful. If that were true, why are there so many dead us soldiers in Iraq? Why did so many us soldiers die in Vietnam?

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Canada for Canadians