Opposition questions true cost of defence plan

"They're on the record -- receiving it well and very glad that the decade of darkness under the previous government is over," Harper said."

"The decade of darkness" is the period when Camadian troops achieved their greatest degree of world respect. We underfunded our equipment improvements; the military technology changed much faster than we had anticipated and we failed to keep up. But our objective was not war, but to prevent war by separating the warring groups. With Prime Minister Lester Pearson we put the idea before the United Nations and the world accepted it. Pearson was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This is what Canada stood for, this is the Canadian Forces tradition. For Harper to take us along with the USA (the most murderous military in the entire history of the world!) is to create enemies instead of friends of our country. We ought to expand our Forces, but do it to rebuild our traditional image.
Harper's body graduated from university, but his brain is still back in high school. He moves our troops around as if they were tin soldiers in a child's game.

You do realize who put us in Afghanistan in the first place right? I'm guessing you don't remember it was Chretien. As for peacekeeping, that's all well and good if that's what needs to be done, but the Canadian forces are soldiers trained to protect Canada and it's interests. We have an even more important heritage of fighting along side the world in two world wars and in Korea. The Canadian forces aren't around just to be peacekeepers and make everyone feel all warm and cuddly.

Um I don't think we have any intention to make friends with the Taliban. Arming our troops is the least we can do.
Has anyone ever followed a budget for a war? I don't think so. For a small scale war this is going to cost us alot. Theres no surprise there unless you were sleeping.

When it comes to defence spending the more the merrier.

They are questioning the cost of equipment that will help keep our boys and girls in uniform alive, but whine when we question the cost of their gun registry...

You do realize who put us in Afghanistan in the first place right? I'm guessing you don't remember it was Chretien. As for peacekeeping, that's all well and good if that's what needs to be done, but the Canadian forces are soldiers trained to protect Canada and it's interests. We have an even more important heritage of fighting along side the world in two world wars and in Korea. The Canadian forces aren't around just to be peacekeepers and make everyone feel all warm and cuddly.

Now that's funny! I'd say philowl got owned over that one.
So badly that he even changed his post.
Always the same old rhetoric

stephen harper is working for canadians,,,, i dont know what the provincial jerks are doing.......poor people in lower british columbia,,, hells angels that are white arian bluggs, the you have this uncertain aspect of youth that calls themselves un,,,, give me a fuckkin break,, the only think i know of un is the united nations.... wow garbage.