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Repeat offenders especially addicted repeat offenders is not some new phenomenon. Its not like these types of events didn’t exist before JT or don’t happen all over the world no matter who is in charge. Scumbags like this guy are just part of human existence, have been for thousands of years before JT was born and will be for thousands of years after, assuming human species even survive ls that long. When PP is prime minister these kinds of stories will continue to appear although somehow I suspect the same people won’t be saying “welcome to PP’s Canada” Also JT happened to increase drunk driving laws, even to the point of absurdity: his justice department successfully argued that “impaired driving “ includes paddling a canoe being drunk at home within 2 hours AFTER having driven.

Like I said I’m skeptical that they would be able to land any significant force in the arctic mainland given lack of ports and airfields. And I’m skeptical that any country could pull off the logistics of such a long distance invasion over any terrain much less our arctic. Those vehicles you show all need lots of fuel and maintenance equipment and personnel and the only way to bring those in is with more vehicles that also require lots of maintenance equipment and personnel it doesn’t seem plausible that they could mobilize such a large force without Canadian or allied intelligence noticing the mobilization in Russia much less the arriving undetected in Canada mainland especially considering how slow ships have to sail in those waters. Sure they could technically be capable of seizing some remote unpopulated islands or maybe a mainland coastal village if there were somehow no resistance - which is what the Japanese did. But I don’t think they could takeover Canada as a whole even if they were not being resisted. Separate note: Canada does have space based arctic surveillance, the most current program, Polar Epsilon 2, based on 3 new RADARSAT satellites launched in 2019, replacing an earlier Polar Epsilon program. PE2 achieved full operational capability in June 2022. Reportedly, the satellites pass the arctic 4 times per day. “The capability is an all-weather, day-and-night space-based system that enables the Canadian Armed Forces to identify and track vessels in Canada’s maritime and Arctic regions, supporting both national and international expeditionary operations.” https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/defence/2022/08/polar-epsilon-full-operational-capability.html https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/canada-aims-improve-arctic-surveillance-capabilities But PE2 isn’t the only set of eyes Canada has in space and surely even the civilian scientific one could spot an invasion force Which satellites are used to observe the Arctic? RADARSAT Constellation Mission and RADARSAT-2: To facilitate marine surveillance, ice monitoring, disaster management, ecosystem monitoring, resource management and mapping in Canada and around the world. M3MSat: To locate ships and manage marine traffic from space. SMOS: To map sea surface salinity, monitor soil moisture on a global scale, better understand the water cycle, and map snow- and ice-covered areas. SWOT (in development): To observe ocean surfaces and measure how lakes, rivers, reservoirs and oceans are changing over time. THEMIS mission: To observe and measure disturbances in Earth's magnetic field. https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/everyday-lives/space-serving-the-arctic-and-the-great-canadian-north.asp# But most importantly Russia will never attack or invade any NATO country because it doesn’t want a war with NATO. It can’t even win a war with Ukraine.

Sure for islands in the archipelago. You might recall we had a friendly dispute with Denmark over a tiny arctic rock called Hans Island where each country took turns sending troops to plant its flag and take down the other country’s flag. I’m just saying they can’t invade mainland Canada like they did Ukraine. Our economic interests and sovereignty are at risk but Canadian people are not at risk of falling under Russian rule like Crimea.

They were very unpopular BEFORE Oct 7 but are very popular since the Israeli campaign given the massive civilian casualties and the fact that 100% of the population is now displaced What Palestinians Really Think of Hamas Before the War, Gaza’s Leaders Were Deeply Unpopular—but an Israeli Crackdown Could Change That By Amaney A. Jamal and Michael Robbins October 25, 2023 https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/what-palestinians-really-think-hamas As Israel fights to destroy Hamas, the group's popularity surges among Palestinians DECEMBER 21, 20235:00 AM ET "Three months ago ... we had 12% support for Hamas in the West Bank, and today it is 44%, so that's more than tripled," says Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Research. https://www.npr.org/2023/12/21/1217758546/hamas-support-palestinians-west-bank Polls Show Majority of Gazans Were Against Breaking Ceasefire; Hamas and Hezbollah Unpopular Among Key Arab Publics According to the latest Washington Institute polling, conducted in July 2023, Hamas’s decision to break the ceasefire was not a popular move. While the majority of Gazans (65%) did think it likely that there would be “a large military conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza” this year, a similar percentage (62%) supported Hamas maintaining a ceasefire with Israel. Moreover, half (50%) agreed with the following proposal: “Hamas should stop calling for Israel’s destruction, and instead accept a permanent two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.” Moreover, across the region, Hamas has lost popularity over time among many Arab publics. This decline in popularity may have been one of the motivating factors behind the group’s decision to attack. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/polls-show-majority-gazans-were-against-breaking-ceasefire-hamas-and-hezbollah Before Israel’s Invasion, Hamas Popularity Was Waning Among Its Neighbors — Even in Gaza Itself A Nov. 20-23, 2008 poll by the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center found that 37% of Palestinians would vote for Fatah in legislative elections, compared with just 20% for Hamas. In the Fatah-controlled West Bank, Fatah led Hamas by a 35-18% margin. More interestingly, Fatah also led by a 40-22% margin in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. A poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, conduced December 3-5, 2008, also found that Fatah was more popular than Hamas in both the West Bank and Gaza. Turning Away from Radicalism There are other signs that the public opinion environment in the Muslim world had been growing less hospitable to Hamas. In recent years, there has been a steady decline in support for Hamas’ most infamous tactic: suicide bombing. For instance, in the 2002 Pew Global Attitudes survey, 74% of Lebanese Muslims said suicide bombing was often or sometimes justifiable, compared with 32% six years later. Between 2004 and 2008, acceptance of suicide bombing dropped from 41% to 5% among Pakistani Muslims; and between 2005 and 2008, it dropped from 57% to 25% among Muslims in Jordan. Another sign of disaffection is seen in the mixed reivew — at best — that Iran, widely considered a major benefactor of Hamas, receives in many largely Muslim nations. Most notably, at least half of those surveyed in Lebanon (66%), Jordan (56%), Turkey (56%), and Egypt (54%) expressed a negative opinion of Iran in the 2008 Pew Global Attitudes poll. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fared even worse — majorities in Egypt (74%), Jordan (71%), Lebanon (67%), and Turkey (60%) said they have little or no confidence in the Iranian leader. So to the extent that Hamas is viewed as a proxy for Iran in a regional power struggle, this may damage the group’s appeal. https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/01/08/views-toward-hamas/

At best they let “the grass” get a little longer than they intended. Just like when George W Bush took advantage of the wave patriotism after 9-11 to falsely justify the fraudulent invasion of Iraq that his cronies had been dreaming about for years, Netanyahu, Ben Gvir et al are taking advantage with a depopulation and probably a land grab that they’ve always dreamed of. They certainly never wanted a lasting peace before Oct 7 and certainly aren’t even pretending to be now. No it doesn’t matter. Again this isn’t a contest between who is worse, Israelis or Arabs. Israel had a hand in creating the circumstances that lead to the rise of Hamas in the first place and the miserable conditions of occupation in which Palestinians still live. Hamas is evil but to steal a bible quote both sides have sown the wind. Prior to Oct 7 Netanyahu and crew had ling held that enduring the odd rocket barrage or suicide bombing was preferable to peace I also think you’re misrepresenting Israeli bombing If it was simply bombing rocket sites with precision weapons it would be less of an issue but we see them bombing refugee camps with dumb bombs not to destroy rockets but allegedly to kill Hamas members if killing one terrorist creates 1000 more terrorists due to civilian casualties then do you really think you’re making yourself safer? Explain how this will “eliminate/mitigate” the threat exactly. Like walk me through the steps you imagine will occur. It sounds like the old “the beatings will continue until morale improves” logic The threat to Israel is people willing to resort to terrorism, period. The only way to eliminate/ mitigate that is through a peace process which Israelis haven’t been interested in since they assassinated the last PM to attempt it 30 years ago. Of course Palestinians haven’t either as I said it’s not a contest.

Oh c’mon. 🙄 The weather is bad today. Welcome to Trudeau’s Canada

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It’s one platform for both light and Heavy, based on Mercedes Zetros. Both will use the same chassis, and they say 90% commonality between the light and heavy. From the images the two mostly look identical except the Heavy has 8 wheels instead of 4. I assume it must have a more powerful engine brakes etc. compared to the light. I don’t know much about military trucks but it appears that Germany and Australia use both the MAN and the Zetros. We also have the Armoured Heavy Support System, the big heavy Optimus Prime looking armoured transport trucks bases on Mercedes Actros that we bought for Afghanistan and them put into long term storage after. Apparently a number of them are being brought back to life and readied for Latvia.

Yes we are talking thousands of KMs. Many thousands in fact. The Alaska highway as but one example, which the fastest way south, is 2,237km long and only gets you as far south as Dawson creek. And that’s after Russia somehow figures out how to invade and overrun Alaska. From Dawson it’s another 1,190km to Vancouver and from Vancouver to Ottawa its 4,291 km. most of it within minimum of the US border. All the while their army is backed up bumper to bumper on a highway of death under US and Canadian bombardment Now you talk about overland invasion which would be only slower amd less probable. The Canadian arctic is impassable with lakes and mountains and swamps and very few roads especially in the summer. You say Russia has experience with this in Siberia but I doubt they’re ever moving multiple divisions with heavy vehicles especially armour and tanks long distances at all much less over the roughest terrain imaginable. Furthermore its a journey with no sources of fuel or water or food along the way. There are only a few north-south roads that can take you south out of the territories and very few east-west roads in the north Nunavut has virtually no roads at all and only a few scattered hamlets on the mainland. Sorry but I just can’t picture thousands of tank transporter trucks and troop carrier trucks and then of course all the logistics and supply vehicles carrying their fuel and supplies, off-roading up and down the side of mountains, through peat bogs and swampland, diverting around lakes every few miles, and somehow squeezing through the dense boreal forest. the boreal forest. Canada has no major airfields or deep water ports in the arctic so it’s virtually impossible for Russian to deploy such a force a large field army with a massive baggage train much less keep it sustained and supplies. To the question of spotted how, it’ pretty impossible to hide a massive invasion force of this size. First Canada and its allies would become aware of military building up in Russia either from direct surveillance, leaks informants etc. You can’t just mobilize multiple divisions, air forces squadrons naval fleets etc and move them to your ports without countries noticing. But even if we pretend that that somehow Canada is in some kind of info bubbles we still have arctic surveillance satellites radars and sonars in use now and civilians still report activity all the time. The idea that somehow hundreds of Russians transport ships and aircraft could be unloading hundreds of thousands of tons of personnel and equipment and setting up bases across the Canadian arctic while we are completely unaware doesn’t seem plausible to me.

What I struggle with is how/why this vehicle will replace the LIGHT and HEAVY trucks but not the MEDIUM trucks, which are based a completely different vehicle that was fully delivered in 2015-2020. If this newest platform can do the full spectrum why not just use it for everything for efficiency of parts and trained maintenance personnel? I’m sure it comes down to money and the reality of replacing what you can when you can but still it just illustrates all the inefficiencies with our current military procurement.

What is so dishonest about it and why would I guarantee liberal majorities? No not Toronto. Populated urban area’s other than Alberta, sure.

Finally the beginning of the end for the detestable LSVW! Canada Selects Winner for Logistics Vehicle Modernization Project January 11, 2024 - by Richard Pettibone Mercedes-Benz Zetros is the basis for the LVM. Image – Mercedes-Benz The Canadian government has chosen General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada as the preferred bidder for the Logistics Vehicle Modernization (LVM) program, a major initiative to upgrade the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) fleet of logistics vehicles. This victory marks a significant step forward in ensuring the CAF’s readiness for missions both at home and abroad. The LVM project seeks to replace the CAF’s aging fleet with new light and heavy logistics vehicles, trailers, and various modules. These modern vehicles will offer several key advantages over their predecessors including increased load capacity, enhanced mobility and greater protection. General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada – leading “The Power Team” – emerged victorious after a competitive bidding process involving several other renowned companies. “The Power Team” members include Marshall Canada, Mercedes-Benz (Daimler Trucks), SOFRAME, and Manac Inc Rivals for the LVM program, which was first announced in 2019, included Team 45° North (Rheinmetall Canada, Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) and Navistar Defence Canada), Iveco Defense Vehicles, Mack Defense, and Oshkosh Defense. The Power Team proposal centers around the proven NATO-fielded Mercedes-Benz Zetros Truck, known for its ruggedness and versatility. Using a common chassis for different configurations, The Power Team promises over 90% commonality in parts and subsystems, simplifying maintenance and logistics. The official contract is expected to be finalized in spring 2024, paving the way for the delivery of the new vehicles to the CAF. https://dsm.forecastinternational.com/2024/01/11/canada-selects-winner-for-logistics-vehicle-modernization-project/

Im not in favour of any system where government is a coalition of a half dozen parties, most of which will be fringe parties playing kingmaker. The reasonable alternative to FPTP is ranked ballot basically an automatic runoff count but conservatives would never go for it because LPC and NDP would almost always be the top 2 choices for the majority of Canadians

I don’t think Netanyahu is as far from their extreme views/beliefs as you would like to believe and I think what is happening now is exactly what the extremists wanted. Again, so what it’s not a contest about whether Israel is better than its neighbours. It doesn’t matter that in this especially ugly part of the world Israel is the leper with the most fingers or the wife-beater who beats his wife the least compared to his neighbours. Israel is failing to the meet the standards of a rights-based democracy and it’s not relevant how much worse other countries are. I think you misrepresent: -how Hamas seized power in that one election nearly twenty years ago, - Israel’s role in helping discredit the secular Palestinian Authority thereby at least indirectly supporting Hamas because Israel wanted Palestinians divided into factions instead of just under the PA and Israel believing Hamas would still be manageable - How Hamas then clung to power through brutal oppression not support of the Palestinian people Also at any rate “collective punishment “ of all civilians for the actions of their government, as Israel is doing and many on this forum call for, is a war crime. Saying things like “but they voted for him” or “but they could have overthrown them” in order to justify or trivialize their deaths doesn’t hold any water in any court of law. But that’s really what they are saying. I mean Israel is not at all being careful. Half the ordinance dropped on Gaza is unguided. They are bombing refugee camps and places they had said would be safe for refugees to go. They’re deliberately shooting unarmed civilians dead in the streets including 3 of their own escaped Israeli hostages who were half-naked and waving a white flag for the troops to come get them. I’m not aware of “revenge” being a valid reason to knowingly kill thousands of civilians, and if the justification is really to make Israel safer from future terrorist attacks, this civilian death toll has done the exact opposite as it ensures that there will only be more and worse terrorism for decades to come by those outraged by the civilian death toll. Exactly as I’ve said many times already Israeli hardliners and Hamas want the same thing: no peace. Israeli hardliners and Hamas have both decided that perpetual occupation, terrorism and war are preferable to any lasting peace in which they will not get everything for themselves As Ive already mentioned Israel actually has a term for this violence they call it “mowing the grass” in other words rather than recognizing a 2-state solution, they would rather accept the cycle of violence as something to live with and to manage.

No combat force can invade Canada from the arctic. Just getting a significant invading army into the Canadian arctic would be logistical feat that would make D-day look like child’s play and the minths-long build up of invading forces in Russia would be easily spotted long in advance. But even that notwithstanding after landing an army in our arctic, getting that army from our arctic shores to the populated areas down south would be all but impossible. There are fewroads ip there and tue muskeg and swamp and boreal forest would make cross country travel impossible. And the US would never let it happen at any rate. A more realistic threat from Russia would be commandos and saboteurs attempting to disrupt natural resources operations and landing unopposed on islands in the archipelago in order to claim contested territory or waterways The thing about these great power conflicts in the nuclear age is that they are all about credible deterrence not actual direct combat between NATO and Russia. . Russia would never attack a NATO force directly but I believe they might happily seize undefended territory which then puts us in the awkward position of having to attack them and start a shooting war if we want it back but of course we’re not suicidal either and they know it. Russia will also fight us through proxies like Wagner, and the Donbas separatists but never open war or invasion.

Nobody really knows what real-world nuke capabilities Israel has or when they had them. The earliest I’ve read is they developed one in 66-67 but if true it’s doubtful that wouldn’t have operationally deployed and available for use in the ‘67 war, or even the’73 war Ill accept the premise that nuclear weapons is the best protection against foreign invasion bit foreign invasion is no a threat Canada will ever have to worry about. The US is the only country that is capable of invading Canada and that is neither a realistic threat nor something that could be resisted. Our security threats are violations of our sovereignty from various government amd non-government air, maritime and cyber threats, domestic terrorism, and foreign provocateur/social influence campaigns (fake news, social media bots, election interference, etc). Actively participating in foreign military campaigns overseas is not a “must have” but there are serious advantages to doing so and serious disadvantages to not doing so.

Yeah even the people who oppose it would accept it without resistance

Sorry in a democracy you can’t arrest or deport people or direct police to “use force” against people simply for protesting causes you don’t support or “getting on people’s nerves”. Protesting is a central feature of democracy if people were only allowed to protest causes that are already widely supported there would be no need to protest in the first place. There are already ample laws in place to deal with protesters who go too far The Charter of Rights and Freedoms also explicitly states you can’t ban people from entering Canada or otherwise discriminate against them based on based on “race, national or ethnic origin” and your statement that Palestinian people as opposed to protesters are a menace to society makes you sound like a bigot.

Wow you’re dumb. So genius according to your failed understanding if a POTUS murdered someone and then resigned to avoid impeachment as Nixon did, it wouldn’t be possible to prosecute him. correct? What Trumps lawyer is saying is Trump wasn’t impeached while in office therefore he is now permanently immune from being “arrested, indicted, arraigned” as you stated for any crimes he committed while in office and there is NOT “a process that would have to occur before they went to jail.” How do you not understand this

Claiming ‘he’s not evil he just partners with evil’ is no excuse. You’re saying Netanyahu is so craven and morally debased he will do anything to seize power? He couldn’t get anyone else less evil to join his coalition? What if it was the Nazi party or the ISIS party, still good to go and nothing to see here? He might as well form a coalition with Hamas itself then, no? Also note that stating “he couldn’t form a government without them” completely undermines your original argument of “it’s only 7 seats” although I think it is closer to the truth They hold the keys to his power and he is beholden to them Israel is a democracy the way apartheid South Africa and the Jim Crow South were democracies. Israeli citizens of Arab dissent do not have the same rights and Jewish citizens. One of the founders and heroes Ben-Gvir’s party taught that democracy is incompatible with a Jewish State and actually advocated against democracy. BTW the big controversy in Israel prior to Oct 7 was widespread mass protests and unrest among Israelis over Netanyahu’s ongoing attempts to dismantle those checks and balances. His government is trying to force through major reforms of the independent judiciary to put it under the control of his government and this is still happening in the background although conveniently no longer in the news cycle thanks to Oct 7. Regarding Palestine you point out it is not a democracy and yet its critics also want to hold all Palestinians collectively responsible for electing Hamas, so which is it, it can’t be both. FTR Hamas was elected in 2007 as its initial experiment in democracy but unfortunately Hamas seized total control and democracy was still born in the occupied territories. I have never claimed either of the Palestinian Territories is a democracy and I don’t think a democracy is even possible while under an oppressive occupation but that doesn’t excuse Israel one bit. See comments above re Netanyahus attacks on Israeli democracy but lore importantly this isn’t an argument about whether Netanyahu is better than Hamas. Netanyahu is not entitled to indiscriminately kill an unlimited number of innocent civilians and children simply because he is better than Hamas. Anyone who thinks that once the last Hamas members are killed Israel will be more secure and there will be less terrorism is delusional. Israel’s brutal response has only ensure that there will be more and worse terrorism for generations to come , in addition I expect there will be a big Israel land grab and/or depopulation attempt out of this as well. Many Israeli leaders are already calling for Palestinian civilians to permanently pushed out of Gaza amd relocated into Arab states.

I have a feeling that suddenly redesigning our entire military for the sole purpose of nuclear war with the United States might be sort of a self-fulfilling prophesy

Yeah but they were clear about how they were going to do it, rather than go through an even lengthier US export process just for us to re-export it to Ukraine they were going to essentially just have US donate it and just pay the US. I am pretty sure that’s the process all 3 countries agreed was most efficient but they’re not making clear what exactly the delay is. So if a Russian sub trespasses through our arctic waters we would nuke it?

Its exactly what he falsely claimed. He said it is possible for a US president to have a rival assassinated and not be criminally prosecuted, He said that as part of his argument that Trump can’t be prosecuted. The only dropout here is you, as you have already admitted. Unsurprisingly your reading competition is so poor people wonder if English is YOUR first language. Trump the man who tried to steal the 2020 election, who pledged he would temporarily be a dictator if he returned to the presidency who admires Putin who bragged he could murder someone in broad daylight and his supporters would still follow him, who refuses to even publicly debate his own fellow Republicans because he doesn’t allow anyone to criticize or disagree with him to his face who promises to purge the civil service of insufficiently loyal acolytes and to jail his political rivals ….is falsely claiming that he is immune from prosecution of any and all crimes he committed in office since he wasn’t first impeached.

One again our resident Konstitooshunal skolar and high school dropout has no idea what he’s talking about. But what would you expect from the guy who also thought that the konstitooshun would allow the Vice President on Jan 6 to simply ignore the election results and unilaterally decree himself to be the winner.

So the article says Canada paid the US government for it in March 2023 and US gov in turn signed the contract with Raytheon. I don’t understand what exactly the holdup is but I don’t think “liberal false promises” is the explanation