[QUOTE="SuperKaio-ken"]Because a country with a military power of under 100,000 (actually really it's even under 70,000) can take on Iran or is even close to a threat to Iran, am I right? If it wasn't for the U.S safeguarding us I wonder if Canada would have been so bold to even come out against Iran to begin with. How long does this ****ing country have to hide behind the U.S before far left morons realize we need at least SOMEWHAT of a military in order to maintain national security, keep a strong international image and continue the fight over territory that is rightfully ours?[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Harper better not get us in another f*cking war. Wastes enough money on stupid crap as it is. He'll probably want to play with his new planes though.Ace6301
But nope, the libs here have already demolished our military and any move Harper makes to improve it is immediately met with harsh criticism. You realize our military isn't even recruiting for combat positions? And we probably have less than 30,000 in combat positions to begin with :lol: Seriously, and people complain when our Prime Minister slightly improves our air force? Do you have any idea how far Canada has fallen as a military power in the world? The Canadian Military at one time made the Germans shake in their boots.
ugh this country is seriously a joke now. Why would the U.S even want us as an ally militarily? It's not like we could do much to help them. The only reason we are 25th in the world is because we have potential to build a great military, and if it wasn't for that potential we would be somewhere around 50th - 70th which isn't even on par with Ethiopia or Kuwait. Iran would annihilate us in a one on one fight......even Israel would beat us. Why is it that Canadians are the only ones who fail to realize how much of a joke the Canadian Military is?
First I never said Canada would engage alone. Second no one f*cks with Canada because we'd be as hard to invade as Russia and because we have damn good diplomatic relations with pretty much every well off country in the world. We don't NEED a horridly bloated military like the US because we don't invade a country every decade and we don't exactly have any real enemies. Military potential is hugely important, far more important than peace time military standing. Look at WWII US and Canada if you need a good example of a kick ass military fighting force that came from sh*t. People criticize Harper on his military spending because it's massively wasteful. He's putting money into brand new state of the art planes. He could buy some newer models that aren't brand new that are almost as effective for much less but Harper wants his toys. You know what's a smart move? Being on excellent terms with all the greatest military nations on the planet. It also happens to be cheap, effective and lets us sit in a damn sweet position. I see you constantly talk sh*t about Canada but your points are crap. I remember some big long ranting post from a few days ago but you deleted it because you can't back up your points. Rather than looking at history, logic and reason you just spout a bunch of useless bravado. Canadians know our military isn't something too scary, despite what you may think. I have friends in the military and we joke about it all the time. We however know this country doesn't need some huge military to compensate for other short comings because we're awesome anyway. Also we have 68,000 troops, not less than 30,000.Diplomatic relations change constantly, just because we are liked so much now doesn't mean we will be when push comes to shove in the future over the worlds depleting resources. I never said we need a horridly bloated military either, but as it stands our military is an absolute joke. I agree that Military potential is hugely important, however it takes years to build up a solid military force that is a capable, and you cant even compare the training soldiers need in the modern age to what they needed in WW2 as modern technology has changed the game up quite a bit. Also we could probably sit and argue about Harpers decision on buying those planes all day, hell ever since it made the news it's all the far left Canadians can b*tch about in this country. The fact is he bought modern up to date technology which will give us an advantage. Better than buying used planes, older and less capable planes that will need to be replaced sooner just because they are "cheaper"
While Canada might be on excellent terms with all the greatest military nations on the planet, you would have to be moronic to think that they are out for Canada's best interests. WE need a capable military because it lets other nations know we wont be pushed around, makes us more dominant on the international stage and let's the world know that we have the ability to protect our resources and land that is rightfully ours. I talk sh*t about Canada because it's not as great as people make it out to be here. High taxes, high living costs, post-secondary education that for the most part is a complete waste of money here unless you want to go job searching in the United States, multiculturalism that is failing and destroying Canada's culture, a government that outwardly admits they hire people of a certain colour and gender over other's to "represent this multiculturalism" a political system that is corrupt as ****
and than you have Canadians who are like "We are more free than the United States" When we don't even have direct democracy here and we have senators who aren't even voted in by the people (senators who have a huge amount of voting power) and a Prime Minister that gets to pick and chooes the questions he's asked by the Media and a crappy voting system. I don't know what post you are talking about, I probably planned to make that into a topic but never got around to it/ Also I said "probably" Less than 30,000 combat positions, you realize not every position in the military is a combat one? There are cooks, technicians, engineers etc that make up a large portion of the military. The worst part is our military isn't even openly recruiting for 90% of positions :lol: I don't want a big huge strong overpriced Military either, but the truth is Canada needs a much better one than it currently has and that is undeniable.
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