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2004-12-16 Great White North

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Posted by Frank G 2004-12-16 10:33|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "General, the projected trajectory of that missile indicates that the impact point will be close to Ottawa. There's still time to intercept it."

"Let it go son, let it go..."

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-16 10:37:54 AM|| 2004-12-16 10:37:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 CAN'T fund is more like it.

Posted by anonymous2U 2004-12-16 10:51:42 AM|| 2004-12-16 10:51:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I can understand it - they've cut military expenditures to the bone. If they won't fund their tiny conventional force, they certainly won't fund missile defense. I think it would be interesting, as an experiment, to slash military expenditures to zero, cut taxes by an equivalent amount, and then see what happens. Maybe the UN will keep the peace around the world. Note that we already have a Coast Guard to patrol our coastal waters and the INS to patrol our borders. Why do we even need a military? (If Mexico ever invades, we can always rearm and use Mexican transgressions as a reason to reunify California).

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-12-16 11:05:36 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-12-16 11:05:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 In another issue that could cause friction with Bush, Martin said Canada was prepared to accept U.S. citizens who do not want to serve in the war in Iraq.

Spread the word at the Democratic Underground!

Zhang Fe, I don't even like that as a thought experiment. You know what the result would be, and anyway, Mexico is already invading -- the invaders just aren't (mostly) armed.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-12-16 11:11:33 AM|| 2004-12-16 11:11:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The real question is, can we get a permit for the parts of the missiles that will land there after we shoot them down? We better start working on that.

Posted by plainslow 2004-12-16 11:43:53 AM|| 2004-12-16 11:43:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Martin acknowledged for the first time that next year's budget will pump money into Canada's hard-pressed military, including funds to allow the Armed Forces to recruit 5,000 more troops over the next five years.

This part, at least is interesting.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-12-16 11:48:41 AM|| 2004-12-16 11:48:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 plainslow - Canada would probably hold US responsible for any damage from falling NKOR missle parts from us shooting them down.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-12-16 11:58:52 AM|| 2004-12-16 11:58:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 U.S. citizens who do not want to serve in the war in Iraq.

Nice try. When was the draft re-instated? Wouldn't "American volunteer soldiers" be less misleading than the more general term "citizens"?

Posted by lex 2004-12-16 12:14:59 PM|| 2004-12-16 12:14:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 How about if we just erect a force-field, so missles bounce off and land up there?

Posted by Justrand 2004-12-16 12:17:42 PM|| 2004-12-16 12:17:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 lex: Wouldn't "American volunteer soldiers" be less misleading than the more general term "citizens"?

That's a mouthful. I think the technically-correct (and more succinct) term is "deserters".

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-12-16 12:23:50 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-12-16 12:23:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 quite right, ZF

Posted by lex 2004-12-16 12:25:45 PM|| 2004-12-16 12:25:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Crazy-Probally hit us with a tariff since the missles were foriegn made.

Posted by plainslow 2004-12-16 1:40:57 PM|| 2004-12-16 1:40:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I'm with B-a-R in #1. Hey, don't want it - no problemo and no bennies, either.

Now, if at the time the problem becomes a reality, and whatever take-down tech we're using allows for it, I'd also like to see us shoot down what's aimed at the US so that it falls into Canada - entirely likely to see Polar shots when we finally go toe to toe with the Golden Dragon down the road...

Posted by .com 2004-12-16 9:22:55 PM|| 2004-12-16 9:22:55 PM|| Front Page Top

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