Dougie93

It's funny how Taxme invokes some sort of British entho-nationalist state, which is not only the opposite of what British means, Taxme himself is not even British. British is not a race, British is not a place, British is simply a system of governance called Parliamentary Supremacy and the men of quality who are prepared to kill and die to defend it.

Would I have marched to my death for George III? Probably not, I would have done what Barry Lyndon did and join the Kings German Legions, because they paid better. Would I march to my death for Elizabeth Windsor? Not eagerly, but none the less without hesitation upon Order in Council signed by the Commander-in-Chief. It's all about the oaths that you take, classical liberal limited government conservatism relies on men of quality holding to the oaths they take of their own free will.

I'm still here for you, brother. Anything you need, just adrep be. Legio Patria Nostra. VRI-GSTQ

Canadians talk a big game but don't back it up, World War Two was a long time ago, everybody did their part in World War Two, you can't dine out on what Canada did seventy years ago and expect allies to take you seriously now, allies already know Canada is a free rider puppet of the Americans which is now trying to play both sides of the fence with the Chinese, you're not fooling anybody, everybody in the world knows that Canada's military is a farce, it's not a secret, I mean, Jane's Defence literally did a cover story about Canada's defence department being the worst run in the world, it's already a laughing stock, it's already broken beyond repair, I'm just dealing with reality rather than press releases from the GoC.

It's not my blueprint, this is the Liberals blueprint, they are the ones dismantling the Confederation and military. I am simply trying to stick the landing when their blueprint all comes crashing down. Divide and Conquer and Disarmament by Stealth, mission accomplished, so where can you go from there? The Liberals are fully Americanized, they're just the farm team for the Democrat Party, the Liberals have been dismantling Canada, the whole time. In terms of having a full spectrum military independent of the Americans, that's gone, that's not the status quo. The status quo is a bloated defence department which exists only to funnel money to entrenched interests, with a whole lotta empty bases with no troops in them. In terms of American forces entering Canada, they already have permission, Canada signed that over to them in the CDSA. Americans want to base their troops in America so they get the pork, basing forces in Canada so the local Canadians get the pork would be charity. That's all Canadians care about vis a vis the military, they want the local base kept open, even though it's empty, and they want their defence pork. Everything else was jettisoned long time ago, because that's how Canadians voted it to be, it's the will of the electorate. It's not that there is waste in the DND budget, the whole budget is a waste, it all goes to overhead, headquarters staff and empty bases. The DND pork barreling ate the military, there's no functioning military left in a full spectrum NATO sense, it's all pork no fight. There's no military independence from the Americans, it's totally reliant on them for everything to do with fighting. Stop the pretense, put it out of its misery, it's gone and it's not coming back. All there is left; is pork, and its over two hundred billion dollars every decade being thrown down a sinkhole. In terms of a Foreign Power, the Liberals are selling Canadians down the river to the Chinese Communists, who are hostiles. Trump Derangement Syndrome and Canadian knee jerk Anti-Americanism notwithstanding, America is not in fact a hostile Foreign Power. The Americans see Canada as being quaint perhaps, unserious, unmartial, but they are not hostile towards Canadians. If Canada continues down the path its on now, Anti-American, Pro-Chinese Communist, free rider which bites the hand that feeds it? Then the Americans will come to see Canada as being hostile, they're not likely to invade, but they will freeze Canada out. They will continue to harden and thicken the border and they will run Fortress North America without consulting Canada. So Canada at this point, being delusional and operating by pretense, is actually the threat to Canadians, Canada as a danger to itself and others. Canada as a Fifth Column for the Chinese Communists inviting Beijing inside the perimeter of Fortress North America? That's no man's land, and it ends very badly for Canadians by default. Trump is just a messenger. The message from the Americans is; pick a side, Canada, is you in, or is you out? And if you choose the Chinese, you are out. This Liberal blueprint of being a feckless and capricious free rider, trying to play the Chinese and Americans off each other? That ends disastrously for Canadians, Canadians are going to get crushed, I'm just trying to save Ontario from being crushed by this insanity. I can't save Confederation, that's already failed, Ontario needs to get out of this zombie legacy project and back inside the American perimeter.

While I am coming around to the Parti Populaire, it has nothing to do with their position vis a vis the soldier of the Crown. To simply call the leftists out as totalitarian mob is sufficient. I do not believe any government will be able to address the needs of the vulnerable, whether they be wounded soldier's, or the bourgeoisie. Confederation itself is a failed state, governance in Canada is broken beyond repair. The time for half measures is long past, now is the time for radical measures. Even in the extremely unlikely event that Bernier were to be elected, he would be waylaid by the deep state the same as all the rest. The Canadian military is beyond saving, it's a fool's errand at this point, and perhaps it always was. Don't bet the farm on anything, don't be a degenerate gambler, divest yourself of the state and look out for your own interests. Don't look to the government, they can't even save themselves never mind you. I just do my own thing, one man one kit, no easy day, stand up hook up shuffle to the door.

The worst sort of communist, relies on the free market while extolling the virtues of Marxist-Leninism. I only respect Communists with the courage of their convictions, prepared to liquidate millions for the World Socialist Revolution, Go big or go home. Hasta siempre, Commandante!

Now in terms Canada, Canada is already a failed state, but the Canada's as independent Dominions and one Republic is viable, but they don't need full spectrum military's, so I would go to armed constabulary backed by citizens militia. All Canada has ever done is fight other peoples wars for them, Canadians don't need to do that. Canadians can contribute to Fortress North America much more effectively by defending their own hearths and homes from asymmetrical threats and just let the Americans take care of the big stuff, although this would require allowing the Americans to base forces here, not as occupiers but as partners. Canada has lots of bases but no military to fill them, let the Americans use those bases, then the local economies get what they want, then just make a deal with the Americans so that any Canadian who wants to go see the Elephant can join the US military if they so desire, like the 33,000 Canadians who served in Vietnam, including my uncle out in BC who served with the First Team, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Units like the RCR, Vandoos, PPCLI, you can keep them, but they would focus on defending Canada from terrorists and whatnot, and training the militia. The RCN would become a coast guard, the RCAF would be an service rather than an air force. That's basically what you have now anyways, might as well just formalize it and save the money by not trying to be something Canadians are not prepared to support. Don't forget what one of the greatest Canadians in history, Marshall McLuhan said; “World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.” So you don't need a full spectrum conventional military for that. Marshall McLuhan is going to be up there in the pantheon, with Alan Turing, no doubt about it, the Prophet of Information Age It's funny, when I was a boy, nobody really understood wtf he was talking about, and yet everything he prophetized has come to pass. It;s entirely plausible that he will become the greatest Canadian of them all, I think he already is, but in the future everyone will recognize it. He's Canada's Einstein. Who are the soldiers of Marshall McLuhan's futuristic army? That's actually you. Here on the internet, in the Information Age, fighting the war, right now.

See, nuclear weapons are actually more trouble than they are worth for Iran. Iran is three times the size of Iraq, so it's more than the Americans can chew in terms of land invasion, that's an extremely low probability threat. Whereas Iran would be made into a pariah state if they broke out, which would do further damage to the economy. Which is the most likely way the regime in Tehran would be overthrown, so I think breaking out with nukes hurts Iran most of all.

I don't oppose cutting wasteful military spending, and since the CF has become one big boondoggle, it's sinking good money after bad.

I don't oppose Iran having nuclear weapons, although they would still be vulnerable to an American counterforce even if they had them.

Indeed, the Remoaners need their own party, a Corbyn government would be such a clown show, the Remoaners would simply discredit themselves by hitching to his commie wagon.

I would actually be willing to take collective action against actual pollution like garbage, but carbon is not pollution, it's a fools errand to tilt at carbon windmills. None the less, the Church of Carbon Doomsday sucks up all the oxygen and props up the elitist authoritarian left, so I just focus on cleaning up garbage in the my immediate environs, there's no middle ground for cooperation.

Indeed, the Moral Majority was an anchor, and Evangelicals don't so much vote for the GOP but rather against the Democrats with a passion.

Much as they surely cringe at the sound of their screeching, I can't see the party throwing the Squad under the bus for anything. Pelosi at least is aware that this election is for all the marbles, RBG at death's door, 6-3 looms as the doom of the liberal agenda for decades to come.

The Cons are just the Liberals with a Social Conservative faction which is not actually conservative, it's simply the nanny prohibitionist wing of the Liberal one party state.

Incidentally, 431 Iroquois Squadron "The Snowbirds" just flew over my house in formation, must be the Kitchener Air Show. When I was a boy, I used to be so proud of them, I loved the Snowbirds. Now I just shake my head and look away, the whole RCAF will be dismantled, except for the Snowbirds. Stop the pretense, take it out behind the woodshed and shoot it, return the money to the taxpayers, the CF is a fraud.

The source of American wealth and power is the flight to quality, there's plenty of money flowing to America in the form of it's own IOU's which it puts out into the markets by consuming 25% of the worlds resources. In terms of the debt, not only is that sustainable for the global hegemon, but the bulk of that debt is actually held by Americans in America. In terms of the size of the US military, it's actually undersized right now in relation to its mission set. In terms of China being peaceful, that's obviously nonsense, the Chinese are in the throws of a massive military build up and an aggressive confrontation with all in the China Seas. Canadians and their blah, blah, blah Anti-Americanism are sad clowns, nobody cares what Canadians say anyways, Canada is the ultimate free rider and Communist sympathizing rogue state. Funny thing is, Canada still flushes $20 billion a year or so down the tubes on a boutique military which couldn't fight its way out of wet paper bag now, no matter how tactically sound, there is no logistics tail, but according to people more currently informed than I, the Canadian military is also seriously degraded at the tactical level as well now. Snowflake gender identity politics is the priority in the CF now, it's laughable, once you divest yourself from it emotionally.

Bear in mind, everything I have, all my freedoms, prosperity and comfortable lifestyle not at the coalface, are the products of war. Moreover, you don't get peace by disarmament, disarmament invites wars, si vis pacem para bellum.

Well, the weapons are required to maintain deterrence of other Hegemons which are hostile, aggressive and building up their forces to overthrow the West, the US military is actually very small and so is the budget by historical standards inflation adjusted, America could jump start the economy by Peace Through Strength, so I wouldn't call it corporate welfare per se, but yes, there are contractors which are receiving corporate welfare, the motivation is more that those contractors would be needed in the event of war, so it is a strategic imperative to keep them running in the meantime. There is waste, but you don't have to buy the whole sector, you can pick and choose which are buys and which are not.

That doesn't do anything for Unifor tho, Ontario is union country, industrial unions, sure, I can profit from 3D printing as an investor, but that doesn't help the workers, in fact I am putting them out of a job. Don't need no healthcare for a computer and 3D printer, so that ain't the reason to come to Canada with tech, and the American tax advantage offsets the exchange rate now

Defense contractors are certainly recession proof, Lockheed Martin is a buy, Kratos is a prospect to buy low on, the MICC is the one area of the economy which Congress can control.

Well there is a manufacturing resurgence in America, it's just not industrial and producing of industrial jobs, like 3D printing and high tech small footprint for example is booming, but that's Information Work not Industrial.