bush visit canada

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by WACF
That is crap....

We have many short commings in equipment but what we do have is excellent.

The Coyote was relied on heavily by British and U.S. forces in Kosovo and once again in afghanistan...home grown technoligy.
The Lav III Kodiak is good kit...packs 25mm cannon at 100 Kmh/h with a infantry section in the rear.
Our frigates are one of the few allied nations that take command of your Carrier battle groups...

I don't agree! Canada's underfunded military is subject to much national debate, scrutiny, and even comedy satire. I know this because I sometimes watch your TV. I am not criticizing everything nor do I mean this as a Nationalist bullshit ugly-American slap at Canadians as do some of my fellow Americans.

The personnel and some of the weapon systems of Canadian origin are top notch (U.S. commanders complemented Canadian snipers in Afghanistan after 9/11) and the U.S. Marines and Army use variants of the LAV(-25) and "Striker" APC.

But I will not backtrack on that, the ultimate victims of this is the members of your armed forces who can't even get new fucking helicopters for search and rescue!

[WACF]

I should of posted that a little better...

I agree that our military needs to be better funded.
I read my post and I included that part in your quote...I should of taken that part out.

What I think is crap is the stance that the military will cease to exist.
They will always do the best they can with what they have.
My point is that the equipment that has been aquired by the infantry in the last few years is excellent.
They need to get their regular army numbers up...to prevent burnout.
In former Yugoslovia the majority of Canadians are reservists.

The helicopter debacle is horrible....we need better air and sea transport...which is being worked on.

The big thing is the public is just getting used to accepting we have a killing army. Too many years of government neglect.

Many Canadians most likely don't want to know that it was a PPCLI sniper that set the word long distance kill record in Afghanistan.

[franksters]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
Elvis, sticky this bitch.

This fuckin' frog should be on everyone's SHIT LIST!!!! Give him 1 Star.

Thanks for calling me a frog , we really see now who's uneducated

[Angel]

Originally posted by Wayne L.
Canada is the biggest joke of a country just as much as France is in opposing the war in Iraq because it wouldn't have made it at all without a little help from the U. S. I think President Bush was just trying to mend fences like most leaders do but Canada is waste of time anyway except for a few great rock, country & comedy acts.

So does this mean that it would be okay with you if we stopped sending you hydro-electricity, oil, natural gas and water? :D

[Big Train]

Yes....

[Angel]

Originally posted by franksters
Thanks for calling me a frog , we really see now who's uneducated

Don't worry about it honey, he's called me the same thing I'm sure. His small mind can't comprehend bi-lingualism.

Just remember, if it wasn't for the USA, our country wouldn't have united the French and English like they did. Even now, we are joining together in our stance against US Foreign policy, and it is helping to re-unite the French and English, and re-kindle our ties.

Viva La Canada!

[Angel]

Originally posted by Big Train
Yes....

If only I had the power, you'd be in the dark, Big Train.

[Big Train]

Yes please....if you would be willing to shut off all that we give to you.

[Big Train]

If I had the power, you'd have no military protection, no trade with us and no foreign aid of any kind....just to watch the socialist house of cards fall,.......

[WACF]

Dreamin' I see...

[Big Train]

Yes Angel is, I agree

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Angel
Don't worry about it honey, he's called me the same thing I'm sure. His small mind can't comprehend bi-lingualism.

Just remember, if it wasn't for the USA, our country wouldn't have united the French and English like they did. Even now, we are joining together in our stance against US Foreign policy, and it is helping to re-unite the French and English, and re-kindle our ties.

Viva La Canada!

Will this keep the Quebec au in line, bilingual anti-Americanism.?

[WACF]

At $21 billion in 2000, U.S.-Canada trade in energy is the largest U.S. energy trading relationship in the world. The primary components of U.S. energy trade with Canada are oil, natural gas, and electricity. Canada is the United States' largest oil supplier and the fifth-largest energy producing country in the world. Canada provides about 16% of U.S. oil imports and 14% of total U.S. consumption of natural gas. The United States and Canada's national electricity grids are linked and both countries share hydropower facilities on the Western borders.

Stolen from....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Canada

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Big Train
If I had the power, you'd have no military protection, no trade with us and no foreign aid of any kind....just to watch the socialist house of cards fall,.......

And we'd have a large, undefended northern border! Isn't one huge, porous, undefended border enough?

[WACF]

Stolen from same site....

The U.S. is Canada's largest foreign investor; at the end of 1999, the stock of U.S. direct investment was estimated at $116.7 billion, or about 72% of total foreign direct investment in Canada. U.S. investment is primarily in Canada's mining and smelting industries, petroleum, chemicals, the manufacture of machinery and transportation equipment, and finance.

Canada is the third-largest foreign investor in the United States. At the end of 1999, the stock of Canadian direct investment in the United States was estimated at $90.4 billion. Canadian investment in the United States--which includes investment from Canadian holding companies in the Netherlands--is concentrated in manufacturing, wholesale trade, real estate, petroleum, finance, and insurance and other services.

Big Train....is foreign investment what you refer to as foreign aid or am I guessing wrong?