"tim gueguen" wrote in message
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"John Locke" wrote in message
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Canada's military is, and has been for over a decade, in a state of
disarray. This is largely due to two facts. The first is the Trudeau
government, which preached quasi-socialist values and viewed the
Soviet Union not as an aggressor, but rather as the victim of American
agression. Trudeau managed to spit on the Army, Air Force, and Navy on
both sides of the border.

No, I suspect the real truth is that Trudeau decided that if there was
ever
a war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact it would swiftly go nuclear and
we'd
all be dead. So he didn't see the point in large expenditures on the
military.



If so, that would have been a self fulfilling idea! The onle only way NATO
could have defended itself without strong conventional forces would have
been to use nukes. And for that matter, the same weakness might have
encouraged the other side to start a war.


In reality a major defense review
is needed.

tim gueguen 101867