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blackbird

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  1. Trudeau says Putin / Russia will lose the war in the Ukraine. Russia is a superpower and nobody is stopping him invade and destroy the Ukraine. What kind of pot is Trudeau smoking? Is he serious? Russia may also use chemical weapons to destroy the population of the Ukraine. He doesn't care about the people a bit. He is destroying them. He is destroying every apartment building he can. What makes Trudeau think Putin will "lose the war"? Trudeau and his father did what they could to reduce the Canadian military to a very insignificant force. We have no air force or navy to speak of. The CAF is only around 60 or 70 thousand. Yet we have one of the largest land masses in the world. Nobody is patrolling the Arctic or the coasts. Trudeau talks big when he is over in Europe and with NATO, but he (Canada) only contributes 1.4% when they were committed to contribute 2% of GDP to the military. NATO is a joke. Europe and Canada know full well they must rely on U.S.A. to protect them. If there ever was a nuclear attack from Russia, the missiles would fly right over the north pole and over Canada because that is the shortest route from Russia.
  2. Please define for me what you think being conservative means and why you think I am not. Liberals support same-sex marriage, LGBT ideology, abortion, all of which I oppose. I believe in Capitalism and not Socialism. I oppose unnecessary government intervention in the economy. Where do you stand on these things? I support pipelines and the energy industry and oppose carbon taxes. I think man-made climate change is a fraud. What do you think? We will see who is a real conservative if you speak the truth.
  3. I side with anybody on the health restrictions and against illegal thugs that occupy streets. Nothing to do with left or right. I support law and order.
  4. What makes you think I am a liberal? Because I support the health restrictions to protect Canadians? You're not that bright.
  5. I am not a lefty. Been a member of the Conservative Party for 30 years. It has been reported on the news they bombed a children's hospital and a women's birth hospital. They found a few bodies, but there may be more under the rubble. Trudeau says Russia will lose the war against the Ukraine. What will Trudeau do if Russia uses chemical weapons on the civilians of the Ukraine? So far they have been bombing the civilians, apartments buildings and everything possible. NATO is powerless to stop them. What will they do if the Russians start using chemical weapons? Can the determined Ukrainian men keep fighting if tens of thousands of civilians are dying from chemical weapons? Do you have any suggestions?
  6. You realize it is a total waste of time talking to some of these people who oppose mandates, health restrictions, and support Covid conspiracy theories. They think they have the right to blockade highways, borders, and occupy streets with impunity. You are talking to a brick wall.
  7. I just heard that the Russians are making the false claim that Ukraine has been making chemical weapons. Ukraine denies this. Maybe the Russians are referring to the Molatov cocktails, a bit of gas in a bottle used to try to start a fire. Useless things that have nothing to do with chemical weapons. Some are speculating the Russians might use this for a pretext to attack the populations of the Ukraine with chemical weapons. I think this would push the war closer to WW3 between Russia and the west. It might be crossing a red line that the west would not be willing to tolerate. It would certainly be a huge increase in crimes against humanity and genocide. I am not sure NATO would tolerate watching women and children be gassed to death by the thousands or millions. But I would not be surprised if the Communists try it. There is no war crime beneath their thinking.
  8. The word "general" means a mixture of good and bad. That's what we have. Ford did a good job. Kenney was a kind of disaster in fighting the pandemic. I support conservatives in a general sense but not the Conservatives in Ottawa who support the so-called freedom convoy and oppose mandates. This is one of the few areas I agree with Trudeau, Liberals and NDP. There is nothing to vote for. I don't see any candidates I could support running for the federal Conservative leadership.
  9. Putin and his oligarch cronies have proven they are brutal savages as their army shells and bombs children's hospitals, apartment buildings, civilians trying to flee, and anything they can find. This is the nature of Communists. They have no moral compass or humanity. They would kill anybody. They killed about 100 million people in the 20th century. No wonder the Ukrainians are willing to fight to the bitter end to stop these barbarians.
  10. I am disappointed with politicians in general. But it looks like Trudeau is preferable to the Conservatives in handling the pandemic. Conservatives have really lost my support with their opposition to the health restrictions and mandates. Who do they think they are? They are not health professionals.
  11. Yet Trudeau gives press conferences like we're some great world power. What a farce.
  12. Canadian governments have been neglecting the proper financing and maintaining of the Canadian Forces for decades. CAF is a very weak disaster. About 1988 Canada's military was about 83,000 but in 2018 it was about 73,000. Dropped 10,000. Even 83,000 with little air force and navy is nothing to be proud of. We have a very small air force and maritime force. Canada's contribution to NATO was supposed to be a minimum of 2% of GDP but has consistently been far below that at 1.4%. So Canada sent a few hundred soldiers to Europe to join NATO. Can't really claim that as much of a deterrent. Trudeau is good at talking a tough line, but Canada has no real force to back up it's words. Don't expect much change with Liberals or Trudeau. They are busy fighting global warming and making Canada a net zero carbon emitter. quote Richard Shimooka, a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, said that if war should break out, Canada’s military is far from fighting shape. “Everywhere you look, the military either has a personnel crisis or a capability crisis,” he said. As an example, he points to Canada missing about two-thirds of its pilot strength, as well as critical shortages in key positions such as navy radar and sonar operators. “Our army’s in a really bad state because they’ve been over-deployed,” Shimooka said. “The problem has never been that Canada has never been able to commit more, it’s about how much is Canada willing to spend on the capability.” Much of Canada’s equipment — most notably its fleet of largely obsolete CF-18s — is nearing or already exceeded its useful life. “What can Canada do?” he asked. “Realistically, not much.” Leuprecht said Canada’s inclusion in the process is vital to interests both local and abroad, particularly since Putin’s appears to be pivoting the conflict into a dialogue with the United States to decide the future of Europe. Europe’s importance to Canada is also rooted in many of our shared values and interests, Leuprecht said, adding that it’s important Canada ensure it plays a role in deterring a full-out conflict." " Shimooka counters Canada’s positioning of itself as a mediator in the conflict, saying nobody’s looking to us as any credible voice of reason. “There’s always been the impulse within Canada to be a constructive-middle-ground peacemaker, but Canada has no currency or heft to undertake that kind of role,” he said. “We’re not considered a big player, no matter what our government tries to tell us.” unquote Canada has vital stake in Ukraine outcome but 'no currency or heft', experts say | Healthing.ca
  13. Trudeau is a master at diversion and evading answering questions: After his audience with Johnson, Trudeau then attended a joint press conference with the British leader and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. There, foreign reporters quickly noticed that the Canadian prime minister doesn’t actually answer questions from the press . To wit … When asked about whether Canada would be boosting its military budget to meet the NATO spending target of two per cent of GDP: “We need to make sure that the women and men in the Canadian Armed forces have all the equipment necessary to be able to stand strongly, as we always have as members of NATO.” When asked whether Canada would be using its petroleum sector to help Europe lessen its dependence on Russian oil: “We need to move forward on decarbonizing our economies, but we need to do that in a way that supports people through that process and we’re going to continue doing that.” When asked about the effectiveness of sanctions in curbing Russian aggression: “The courage of the Ukrainians in standing up to the Russian invaders has inspired and humbled us all and we need to show ourselves as determined to push back against Putin.” - MSN News
  14. We live is a collective or communal society. No man is an island. It is not a free-for-all or do your own thing society. If you don't like having to follow laws and protect your neighbour from harm, then go live on an island like Robinson Crusoe.
  15. Maybe you would be happier in Russia or China or Haiti. Canada has one of the best systems of government in the world. Your problem is you just don't like to have to follow laws and respect other people's rights.
  16. You can pretend the judge was not fit for the job because of they supported a certain political party. But the truth is everybody has political beliefs. That does not disqualify someone from being a judge. It is ludicrous to think it disqualifies someone. Judges make decisions based on the laws and the merits of each individual case. If someone doesn't like the judgment they are free to appeal it. Simple really.
  17. Listen to the vast majority of health experts, not the anti-everything theorists. Believe the science.
  18. No, you don't "own" the country in the sense you can occupy, blockade, and harm other citizens. You can protest where you don't interfere with other citizen's right to live and work. Once you start illegally blockading or occupying streets and cities and depriving other people of their liberty, jobs, and prevent them from going about their lives, you have become a criminal and deserve punishment. Democracy or protest does not mean you have the right to use coercion or force to try to get your way. Did your parents raise you to respect the laws of the land and rights of other people or not?
  19. Putin only has 6,000 nuclear missiles he is readying to fire. Nothing for people like you to be concerned about.
  20. Any nuclear strike would mean the end of civilization. There would be few survivors.
  21. From what I've seen, you don't accept any information anyone tries to give you on here; so there is that to consider too. Why would anybody attempt to explain anything to you on here? Your only purpose for being on here is to take a contrary view. You have a problem.
  22. Sounds like you need to go to school and get an education. Did you hear Putin the Russian leader has attacked Ukraine?
  23. I never said his nuclear weapons would be just for the Ukraine. I guess you haven't figured out the most basic thing; a dictator who does not believe in democracy and human rights is unpredictable and cannot be trusted in anything. His threat and putting his nuclear force on high alert means only one thing. The threat is directed to Europe, north America and our allies.
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