Cost of closing Kandahar mission

[Topaz]

90 Million by the end of the year because of the ban to Canada from the UAE. It has cost 300 Million being kick out and force to move. The government hasn't said what additional cost are going to be, and this is nothing new for this government. More secrets, especially when there's a election coming up. The 56 Billion deficit has to have increased, with all these extra costs. I would like for the government seating to open the books and to reveal to Canadians exactly what are the numbers in the RED, BEFORE an election. I think the Tories would go for that, since they are for open and accountable to Canadians. http://www.canada.com/news/Winding+down+Kandahar+mission+cost+Canada+another+million/4198227/story.html

[Esq]

90 Million by the end of the year because of the ban to Canada from the UAE. It has cost 300 Million being kick out and force to move. The government hasn't said what additional cost are going to be, and this is nothing new for this government. More secrets, especially when there's a election coming up. The 56 Billion deficit has to have increased, with all these extra costs. I would like for the government seating to open the books and to reveal to Canadians exactly what are the numbers in the RED, BEFORE an election. I think the Tories would go for that, since they are for open and accountable to Canadians. http://www.canada.com/news/Winding+down+Kandahar+mission+cost+Canada+another+million/4198227/story.html

Didn't they pay for a new secret base in Cyprus? (people take more note of secret bases than normal bases)

Why is the closure of Mirage costing more if they already paid for another operating base?

Or is this just "making it sound like" the UAE is costing the government money, when in fact the UAE was saving the government money. Now they are stuck actually paying for something they should of had to pay for in the first place. Now is more landing rights for $90-300 million sound ok to you? You can look at it that way - was the seat on the UN security council, and an operating base in the middle east - and not having to pay $90-$300 million - worth having a couple more planes land in Canada? If you were the government and could go back in time via a magical time machine - what would you do? (attacking the UAE instead of stan ain't an option either)

Then they bought planes that could fly between Canada and the Stan.. and now they arn't even using them to do that.

Or could there be a deeper reason to being on an island in the mediteranian rather than the UAE?

Hmmm.?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Middle_east_graphic_2003.jpg

I don't get why Turkey isn't being used as a base of operations.. don't they have mega old US military bases there?

Turkey is afterall a member of NATO in this "nato war on terror.. or rather rebuilding afghanistan" Or as I like to call it "American venting by beating up a small destabalized state in a civil war - Constructive Oppourtunism "

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0933935.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-21/canada-to-move-military-base-to-cyprus-in-march-politis-says.html

Edited February 3, 2011 by Esq

[bush_cheney2004]

...Turkey is afterall a member of NATO in this "nato war on terror.. or rather rebuilding afghanistan" Or as I like to call it "American venting by beating up a small destabalized state in a civil war - Constructive Oppourtunism "

Gee, I thought it was called "Operation This Is Better Than Going To Iraq - Moral War - Responsibility to Protect".

[bloodyminded]

Gee, I thought it was called "Operation This Is Better Than Going To Iraq - Moral War - Responsibility to Protect".

Oh yes. And then some. Over and over.

[Topaz]

Gee, I thought it was called "Operation This Is Better Than Going To Iraq - Moral War - Responsibility to Protect".

BC, if you (US) didn't drop the ball in the first place and pulled out of there to go and invade Iraq, for Bush's own reasons, the world wouldn't have lost so many lives and the country wouldn't be such a mess.

[bush_cheney2004]

BC, if you (US) didn't drop the ball in the first place and pulled out of there to go and invade Iraq, for Bush's own reasons, the world wouldn't have lost so many lives and the country wouldn't be such a mess.

Ummm...OK...but that kind of thinking would have meant no US forces in the Pacific during WW2. Iraq was already engaged by UK/US forces 12 years before Afghanistan. The "world" did not send all of its military resources to Afghanistan, and that includes Canada...maximum of 2500 at any single time in theatre?

[PIK]

It was reported it would cost 300 million, but it will cost only 90 million, and yes we are using the C-17's. Let it rest boys, the media did it's best but failed. Harper is right and you are wrong.LOL

[PIK]

Ummm...OK...but that kind of thinking would have meant no US forces in the Pacific during WW2. Iraq was already engaged by UK/US forces 12 years before Afghanistan. The "world" did not send all of its military resources to Afghanistan, and that includes Canada...maximum of 2500 at any single time in theatre?

And those 2500 did more and gave more then any other nation there. You have to remember it would take 5 soldiers of any other nation to do what one canadian will do, always been that way ,always will, and I am not kidding.

[bloodyminded]

And those 2500 did more and gave more then any other nation there. You have to remember it would take 5 soldiers of any other nation to do what one canadian will do, always been that way ,always will, and I am not kidding.

To quote Hemingway (that American ): "Isn't it pretty to think so?"

[bush_cheney2004]

And those 2500 did more and gave more then any other nation there. You have to remember it would take 5 soldiers of any other nation to do what one canadian will do, always been that way ,always will, and I am not kidding.

OK.....if you say so...that explains why Canadian Forces budgets were cut to the bone.