Rushing To Armageddon

Posted on Friday, May 14 at 00:30 by sthompson
Among the topics covered are why the so-called U.S. missile "defence" system is really about establishing a U.S. first-strike-from-space capability; why both Paul Martin's government and Stephen Harper's Conservatives want to join in George W. Bush's dangerous program; how numerous official U.S. documents reveal their plans to "dominate space" and place deadly lasers and nuclear weapons in space; how today's nuclear weapons are up to 350 times more powerful than the bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki; how the missile "defence" plans will mean the placement of missiles on Canadian soil making Canada much less secure.

Hurtig provides remarkable and often devastating new information that will shock, anger, and appall readers. This is a book that every Canadian must read before Ottawa becomes an active partner in a tragic and potentially cataclysmic blunder.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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Founder and past-chairman of the Council of Canadians and former chairman of the Committee for an Independent Canada, Mel Hurtig is an officer of the Order of Canada and has honorary degrees from six universities. His best-selling books include The Vanishing Country, The Betrayal of Canada, Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids, and a memoir, At Twilight in the Country.

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  1. Fri May 14, 2004 3:56 pm
    I can't wait to read this book, I just wish it was out before the election!

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    If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?

  2. Fri May 14, 2004 4:45 pm
    Yeah, I like Mel`s work too!

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    Dave Ruston

  3. Sun May 16, 2004 1:23 am
    Canada needs missile defence. Is anyone stupid enough to believe that if the terrorists who flew into the World Trade Center, or any of their 350 million supporters in half a dozen countries, managed to gain control of a nuclear missile launch system that they wouldn't use it? Perhaps there are stupid people who believe that if the U.S. were wiped out then there would be 'peace on earth' but the reality is that it would be the kind of peace enjoyed by people living in police states, enforced with murder, torture and starvation - a socialist peace.

  4. Sun May 16, 2004 4:48 am
    What part of "IT DOESN"T WORK' don't you get ?

    Read the articles the Pentagon puts out, and you will see they are not giving true facts about the test results.





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  5. by avatar Jesse
    Sun May 16, 2004 10:22 am
    Repeat after me. The USA is not the only free nation in the world. The USA is not the only bastion of democracy. The USA is not the only country that is opposed to human rights violations. <p> The USA accounts for <a href="http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/jul98/23_13_097.html">over half of global weapons exports</a>. The USA has a <a href="http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/jul98/23_13_097.html">long history</a> of protecting their own interests without regard for the sovereignty of foreign nations. The USA routinely <a href="http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engmde140172004">tortures civilians</a>. </p> <p>---<br>Jesse <br />

  6. Sun May 16, 2004 7:34 pm
    Missile defense is a joke and a boon to the international arms race! The terrorists will find a way to attack no matter what the USA does. Do you think they`ll use jets as a mode of attack next time? Of course not! The best way to stop terrorism is for the USA to halt their imperialist activities and let other countries democratically elect their own governments, even if they are left of centre! And another good way to stop terrorism is to let sovereign nations control their own resources and affairs. The only way western nations should intervene is in the form of foreign aid and co-operation whereby the nation in need and its people have a deal where they feel totally in control of their own destiny! Various past US administrations caused all of this terrorism through their foreign policies!

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    Dave Ruston

  7. Mon May 17, 2004 2:07 am
    The U.S. should try condoms instead of missiles.

    They're a much cheaper prophylactic than missles.

  8. Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:03 am
    Guess what?
    The terrorists who flew into the WTC are ALREADY DEAD!

  9. Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:07 am
    Yah but the guys who funded and organized them are not...they hold all the power and it isn't a BMD system we need to stop them, it is freedom, sovereignty and honest politicians that will fix the agenda!

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    If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?

  10. by hoopoe
    Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:42 pm
    The only socialist governments that exist in this world now or have existed in the past have all been democratically elected and all of these are in fact peaceful states. You seem to be confused by what is meant by dictatorship and socialism.

    Also, if capitalism is supposed to lead to peace, it sure hasn't worked over the last 300 years since the Americans, those bastions of capitalism (greed), came on the scene. It sure hasn't led to peace with their interference in other countries' affairs throught the CIA over the last 50 years. In fact, fragile democracies were and are being ruined by the CIA.

    Any thinking person can see that no terrorist threat (nuclear or otherwise) is going to subverted by a missile defense shield because such an attack simply will not be launched in a manner that will be protected by such. On the other hand, even talk of such a shield is causing the Russians and Chinese to pursue programs for weapons in space, thus exacerbating the cold war that is supposedly over but not really (we're just pretending about that). As well, even if the Americans don't actually put weapons in space, the idea is clearly that America will be protected and thus allow them to freely threaten anyone else if they don't do as they are told.

    Your comments are clearly short-sighted and those of a person who is uninformed. You should understand that being informed does not mean reading your local paper, most of which have a clear right-wing bias as they are owned by corporations. What this means it that you actually have to go outside of these sources and read books to be properly informed.



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