tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post1631554515801811802..comments2023-10-10T10:34:10.843-06:00Comments on The Nexus of Assholery: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: The Wrong Advice for CanadaPatrick Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-15882754347834432702010-10-16T12:18:15.667-06:002010-10-16T12:18:15.667-06:00If you were to suggest that the F-35 isn't the...If you were to suggest that the F-35 isn't the best fighter <i>alone</i> to support Canada's needs, I'd be tempted to agree with you.<br /><br />I'm not sure if I'd flat-out agree, but there's a lot to talk about there.<br /><br />In terms of a fighter/bomber, however, the F-35 is the best available. The definitive factor is its lateral hovering/ordinance delivery capability.<br /><br />There's no better fighter/bomber available.Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268876306800933642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-77764674789338552662010-10-16T08:05:37.245-06:002010-10-16T08:05:37.245-06:00If the Russians come over the pole they will not c...<i>If</i> the Russians come over the pole they will not come with long range bombers and fighter jets - they will come with scientists and research vessels, and an F-35 is quite impotent against that sort of attack.<br /><br />It should also be remembered that our (supposed) closest friend and ally is also in the Arctic like a dirty sock in our national laundry and telling us to go piss up a rope - a handful of F-35's aren't going to help with that one either.<br /><br />Secondly, Canada is not a peacekeeping country anymore - Staples can lament the loss of that status (<i>and we can all ponder whether or not we'd be sitting at the UNSC table even now if we still were</i>), and others can say the F-35 would support that role, but since we don't actually have that anymore why bother?<br /><br />Do we need some sort of fighter aircraft? My answer is yes.<br /><br />Do we need the F-35? My answer is, "I don't know", and quite frankly neither do 99% of the people currently saying we do need that particular hardware - they're doing little more than parroting talking points from a party they agree with.<br /><br />Why people don't want to be honest about this and simply acknowledge that the current government is trying to re-engineer our role in international affairs towards one that it wants to hold befuddles me.<br /><br />That is the debate that should be happening, are we as a nation suited to, or able, to fulfill that role?<br /><br />My answer is no. <br /><br />Our population, and therefore the tax base to fund it, are not sufficient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-65761845275048764352010-10-15T01:38:15.047-06:002010-10-15T01:38:15.047-06:00There's something deeply troubling about peopl...There's something deeply troubling about people like Steven Staples who simply refuse to acknowledge reality.Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268876306800933642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-85064657327052018752010-10-14T13:47:19.084-06:002010-10-14T13:47:19.084-06:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uyTFPwSXUI
Feel f...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uyTFPwSXUI<br /><br />Feel free to send this to Steve Mig 29 shoots down Georgian UAV. (April 2008)CanadianSensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010880162544507668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-71162700297197789122010-10-14T13:40:38.823-06:002010-10-14T13:40:38.823-06:00How much would it cost to have him try his theory ...How much would it cost to have him try his theory in Georgia?<br /><br />I am confident the Georgians will agree with assessment of Russia.CanadianSensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010880162544507668noreply@blogger.com