Army Guy

I think the US government has more lawyers on staff than some military magazine with a few reporters, who's specialty is inter national law, and the laws of armed conflict.....Now i do subscribe to scotty but he does not always get it right....I'm also sure that Canada has a sh1t ton of lawyers that do the same and if it is not on the up and up then they would brief the chain of command....But as of today Canada still participates in anti drug patrols...

Well if you look at our past history and take a look at whom was in charge of the government of the time and i think you'll find that the liberals have deployed our military more than any conservative government has...lets also remind you it was liberal governments that deployed our military against Canadians...OKA, FLQ crises, and there is more. And i know they desperately wanted to bring in tanks to clear the convoy in Ottawa.....So lets not pretend this is strictly a right wing agenda thing.. When our history clearly tells a different story... No that's not it, Canadians don't care about their military, unless you had family or relatives serving it really did not enter into the minds of Canadians. And with out popular support from the people , everything quickly slide down hill...like a lot of things here in Canada has...Canadians don't really care about anything unless it enters their little bubbles...Do you really think that Carneys interest in our military is from popular with Canadians ...no it was because Trump gave him his marching orders... Good for you it is one of those rights that every Canadian should hold on to , the right to protest , of course unless your protesting the liberals then things fall apart... Not sure why you protested the Vietnam war, unless your American...but you go girl....I grew up in a military family with a long history of service so my morals and values differed, i was expected of me to serve my nation like it was part of my duty as a citizen...My son and daughter both are serving today.. for the same reasons...

Oh it is not just libbies, it is the whole left area of the spectrum... Nope i gave 34 years to this country, traveled to all the sh!t holes they could find, and it was yes sir no sir the entire time flew my Canada flag in my front yard, put it up at dawn, took it down at dusk, today my flag pole is empty, the flag is in a shadow box along with 8 other flags that i flew during my tours...........and i did that with the best Canada had to offer, with the best Regiment in Canada..........It was Canadian citizens that gave up.....those are the ungrateful.

I hope that is not true, i just don't have enough time to be rubbing liberals noses in a loss, it would take all my time....i mean just take all those heads exploding in the streets , who is going to clean up all that Sh!t, see what i did there Sh!t for brains , heads exploding, ya you get it.......` anyways i'm not up for it, Conservative's would be parting like it was 1999, there would be no booze any where, they would be rounding up what was left of the lefties and deporting them to Gaza for the rebuild.... Liberals would be asking for MAID in record numbers....drug use would spike so liberal's could cope.... and lets not even get into the PP haters....crap they would be falling from the skys with no parachutes....in the cities....we would be up to our bellies in crap.... But the next day after the clean up, conservative polices would start to undo the liberal mistakes over the last 10 plus years.....Justin would be locked up, in a semi trailer with glass walls that would tour the country so conservatives could throw rotten vegetables at him for 10 bucks a throw...we could solve the deficit with just one cross country tour... It is just to much work right now, maybe next year when we are all ready for the parting and round up...

To be honest do you think our current policies around oil and gas are ...and pipelines has anything to do with that....i know we don't talk about Justin any more, but his policies still rule...I'm only guessing but remove those and i think we could have interest in Canadas oil and gas sector... And while bitumen is hard to refine it is still one of the leading industrial inputs to our GDP...And yes there is a price in which refining becomes a negative but Alberta, Sask produce other oils as well

Trump is not worried....all he has to do is blink three times and eyeball, you'll be applying for an American passport...or living off grid in the BC back country....you should invest in a good hunting rifle and a fur hat.... And all those Canadians that don't like trump well you did this to yourselves...you don't have to defeat your enemies, it is far cheaper to let him think it would be to expensive to invade....what do you think keeps Putin up at night now....do you think hew would have invaded knowing what he does today....i don't....

What is the point of the first two if your not willing to defend Sovereignty, you said if Russia decides to start taking inhabited islands you would be good with that as long as they stayed away from the main land...most of the artic is made up of islands of various sizes...So what is the point of patrolling the artic, for sovereignty and security if we are not going to defend them ....the question is are they part of Canada, yes, along with everything else for 12 kms around them... along with any resources in those waters... Part of having sovereignty, and security is being able to defend against any aggression...if your not willing to that then you have NO sovereignty at all.... It is why we purchased AOP's, drones, sensors, and now building FOB's in our artic....Yes to patrol and tell the world they are ours ....but we must be able to defend all our interests and borders...In order to do that we must have the means to defend ourselves... or we watch hostile nations just take what they want.... The Us does not need to use it's military forces to conquer Canada it could be done economically, or via cyber attacks in which cases Canadians would welcome US assistance.... In case of a US military invasion, it would be over before you woke up the next morning...And some how Canadian civilians are suppose to gather up their bolt action hunting rifles and defend the country....I thought you were ex military....cyber attacks alone could shut down Canada's power grid, airports, train stations, road networks, do that during the winter, during say X-mas holidays when 3/4 of our military are scatter across the country, most other networks are on minimum manning, Canadians are in different areas of the country visiting family no access to any survival gear...Turning the power grid off for more than a week would kill millions...People would not be thinking about taking up arms. they would be in survival mode....trying to fed and defend their families....Throw in all of that a few direct attacks on population centers to cause mass panic and poof....4 red necks from Louisiana could take over the country in air boats...OK maybe 6.... As for those in the US, close those border crossings....with military forces....and even if some of them got through there is not going to be any support or logistics for them to stay for long...

I think they should at least get housing that was not built before the early 1950's, have drinkable water, and maybe a toilet you can actually use....we won't even start on the work place situations...and not having 1/2 the equipment you need to at least come home from deployment....I know to much to ask....You must be proud, It's people like you that make it harder to get recruits to join to defend a nation of such ungrateful sacks of Crap...

We have a conventional military to deter ANY attack from happening to begin with...your fantasy about running around your back yard with some cam paint on your face dressed in fatigues is just that.....one does not just buy a boat and expect to become a fishermen....one needs the right equipment , experience, and training...But if you still want there are many companies out there that will give you that Rambo training for bags of money....

Is Canada at war with Syria? Nope...Did you know we had combat troops in Syria ? most likely not....was Canada invited by Syria to fight this terrorist....nope...So what is the difference from killing terrorist on land or water ? US even Canada has declared 5 or 6 cartels as terrorist groups....Canada has declared the same drug cartels as terrorist....So i ask again what is the difference between those on the ground or water....Military lawyers and our own government lawyers go though hours of research to make up the Rules of engagement which are passed on to the military to carry out...now before any weapon is released or trigger is pulled every member of the military goes through the checklist and if the target meets all those things on the check list they get a one to one meeting with Allah... This all goes on behind the scenes that most people don't know or care to find out....but it does go around the clock 365 days a year....the only reason your finding out these ones is the government wants to send a clear message to everyone...play reindeer games you get reindeer results...only without the bow, and wrapping paper... PS that shot was a twofer....two terrorist with one bullet....

You mean like Canada current climate plan....It's there it does not do much but it fools most Canadians into thinking the liberals are on the case...

You mean sell cookies, or baked goods, or the car wash is also a good idea...I'll ask again where is all this cash coming from when we can't even properly equip or train our regular force soldiers...Maybe they could buy their own weapons and bullets ... If it was that easy to fill out the numbers the forces we would not have a recruitment problem....Nobody wants to join a military that has gone woke...Military has some very acceptable wages...that could compete with most civilian jobs...Canadians don't want to be in the military.... Many people join to blow shit up it is what attracted me to join, back in the day when we did blow shit up regularly, today training funding is almost non existent, even Infantry only get out a couple of times a year to blow shit up, Sh1t they can't afford to buy spare parts for our equipment....

That's not what the liberals plans are, they are planning to build forward operating bases in our artic to defend our artic and while it does contribute to our sovereignty, and security, those bases will be manned and equipped to be the nations trip wire for the artic, NATO has mentioned this many times that we, Canada has left the door open for anyone willing to kick it down...Hence why we are spending bils on updating our Radar stations, collaborating with the US on the golden dome which will include BMD missiles, setting up bases that have fighters on them , plus troops that can deploy and defend if necessary.. Not enough troops in those border countries to have defense in depth...They are a trip wire at best...much like the troops we had in Germany, which were told they had to hold for 72 hours long enough for troops from the US to be flown over and man equipment already stored...like Canada had in Norway, but no long has...but most of NATO has long ago cashed in those peace bonds and there is no more underground depots filled with equipment for fly over troops to man and fight with...yes troops and equipment would be coming as reinforcement but they would need to land in Europe's ports if they were not already taken... Today those troops in Latvia would be overrun or killed within the first 24 to 48 hours...with no one else from Canada going to come and rescue them...they are there so politicians can puff up there chests and tell the world look what we did...troops on the ground know they are expendable...i mean if Canada was serious about holding back the Russian hoards they could at least give them the equipment they need...new tanks, Tracked IFV, SPA, layered air defenses, Rocket arty, Attack helos, modern anti tank weapons, Various drones....at least give them a chance at doing their jobs....And while Carneys liberal has promised to do something....the reality on the ground right now is troops are holding on to their dicks with very little actual modern weapons to fight Russia attacks... It would be cool to see Canada get it's act together....but you'll have to excuse my skepticism i waited my entire 34 year career for these changes, my son has waited his 12 years for this to happen...I'm still hopeful, but not holding my breath...Canadians like to talk a good game...until it is time to go see the banker... pretending our military today or tomorrows, will be able to defend Canada from the US, is a pipe dream...It would be over before it started.....The real question would be WHY such an invasion would even be needed....when there is so many other options...

We can't even equip or train our regular forces, nor do we as a nation really care about doing so....just how do we equip and train communities? currently our government is trying to disarm the people now because they are scary looking.... you want to train them on military weapons.... This whole idea of Canadians becoming involved in a RED dawn scenario makes me laugh....Canadians are not going to get involved in any military operations in any large enough numbers to make it count...

Or maybe you don't know what the laws are concerning the killing of terrorist....And it is not just the US that kills terrorist , Canada and the rest of the western world...does it as well....in fact the longest sniper shot was a JTF-2 sniper in Syria....he was killing terrorist by the dozens....were they murders as well....

Ya , deflection is a lefties best tool in the debate toolbox...It does not matter most Canadians have done the same thing nothing, except on the weekends they attend the local climate protests....just to keep the image up...

Alberta has taken the lead in carbon capture....through investments...all 11 projects expected to be running by 2030... https://www.eralberta.ca/funding-technology/carbon-capture-kickstart/

Why is that, could it be the current political policies favor oil and gas anything....DO i think pipelines are going to the number one issue for a conservative government yes i do...

Yes lets talk about pretending.....What serious program has our federal government taken to fight climate change....the same government who declared it as a Climate "Crises", must have been an awful crises if the best we could do was Carbon taxes.... anti pipeline policies...and now we cut our consumer Carbon tax because it was un popular, and it was used as a bone in an election.....If you think the government is concerned about climate change get off those mushrooms... Climate change is real.... But to the governments it is a cash cow....nothing more... If asked you this before , What have you done for climate change....I've put in solar, purchased a heat pump, put in more insulation in my attic, put on a metal roof... Why because i bought into all the hype of climate change....now i look around and i see people who talk the climate walk, but have not bothered to walk the walk , they like to talk about it, because it is fashionable...nothing more...

You seem to think that the US air force is flying around waiting to bomb anything that looks like a boat....without any evidence of any criminal activity...To maintain the level of drugs n US/Canada streets these boats would have to run 24/7 ...the fact there has only been three boats attack might suggest they (the air force) are being selective..... If they are smuggling drugs then they are terrorist targets, No murder, but rather justice served....the last boat to be sunk was a Cartel made sub....i know it could have been anyone smuggling in coconuts....or beauty products in a SUB.

Is it murder ? Can you murder terrorists ? has anyone in the US military been charged with murder to date, has Trump faced any allegations for murder for giving the orders. So this is just you chirping.....You do know that Canada is involved in the war on terror right....ever hear of them putting any terrorist on trial, they are either very good, and not been caught or very bad and have not caught any terrorist....or did you think Carney is to good for these under the table deals...i know Justin was all in...

The government already has "all" the power to kill when it needs to.... Me, no i don't want to give the government any more power than it already has, i don't trust them period, but regardless of what i think They have it already..........but i think I've illustrated the government can pretty kill what ever it wants, when it wants under various excuses......BTW Canada has already allowed x 9 inmates access to maid...So it has already happened 3 times now...the lids off and the genie is out of the bottle.... If Veterans affairs can offer it to soldiers with mental health issues, why would their be an uproar for inmates to be offered... or are Inmates more valuable than soldiers ?... do you think it would be a huge leap.....for the government to really expand MAID to all prisoners ? Canadians seem ok with killing over 16,000 regular law abiding citizens every year...and some of those that have been approved are pretty lame excuses.....one lady was approved because she could not find an apartment to, live in because of her hyper allergies...we have already lost the moral high ground here... https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/maid-in-prison-nine-inmates-have-used-canadas-assisted-death-program/

I'll start with the war on terror, Canadian military forces were given kill or capture orders for many high ranking terrorist...Not many wanted to be taken alive....All rules of engagement are authorized by the sitting government...During my tours in Afghanistan not once did i have to get permission to take a life as long as i could prove it was in accordance with the rules of engagement...we were not at war, we were invited by the ruling Afghanistan government and given pretty much free reign Go back to WWI, Military police regular shot those soldiers in the back of the head if soldiers did not exit the trenches when told to do so, So much so they start call MP 's meat heads...the lucky ones got a trial.... Also see conscription riots in Quebec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_soldiers_executed_for_military_offences WWII we progress to at least giving soldier a trail, albit a short one if found guilty of being a coward or any other infraction the Commanding officer could order said soldier to be shot.... https://quillandquire.com/review/a-keen-soldier-the-execution-of-world-war-two-private-harold-joseph-pringle/ It was not until the 90's that the Canadian military took the death sentence of the punishment options.... During the OKA crises and the final assault Canadian soldiers were authorized to use deadly force on any threat deemed life threatening...It is only by some miracle that no lives were lost on both sides.. Our government has given our police forces the ability to use deadly force on whomever presents a threat to their lives... And the last example is our government has authorized our medical establishment to offer MAID to any citizen that wants it.. Which now kills over 16,000 Canadians a year... So the government has the power to order person killed, and has used those powers on a regular basis...another recent example was a JTF member recording the longest sniper kill in history, and multiply kills with one bullet, in Syria.... Just because it does not get reported , does not mean it is not happening... If the military had been ordered to clear Ottawa during the trucker convoy it would have been a SH!t show, with any amount of outcomes possible

You seem to think because the government does not kill citizens on a regular basis it does not happen...What about soldiers, or enemies declared by the state, in the late 90's the military still had the death penalty listed in approved punishments. Where does the authority come from when police or other organizations have to shot a criminal....So deadly force has been authorized by the government , they do have the power to kill

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