Exercise Trident Fury And Other Military Demonstrations

The petitioners are demanding Parliament and the Department of Defence put a halt to the exercise on grounds the war games constitute a promotional event for militarism. The petition says: "a display of militarism like Exercise Trident Fury by States that are involved in offensive military actions constitutes propaganda for war." Under article 20 SS1 of the International Covenant, "Any propaganda for war shall be prohibited by law." Trident Fury joins other international operational exercises staged in Canada whose ultimate aim is, as CF Commodore Girouard said of last year's exercise off the coast of Vancouver Island, to demonstrate the "interoperability" of Canada's military with U.S. forces. http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4631&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

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