Subject: Re: Canada to meet 2% defense spending target as NATO eyes spending boost
Newsgroups: can.politics
From: % <pursent100@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:52:52 -0700
Dhu on Gate wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 07:09:35 -0700, % wrote:
>
>> Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:19:31 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-06-09 10:49 p.m., Auric Hellman wrote:
>>>>> Carney said the government will invest in new submarines, aircraft,
>>>>> ships, armed vehicles and artillery
>>>>>
>>>>> https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-nato-spending-pledge-carney
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Say what you will about the man's character, Donald Trump does get results.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> It's a damned shame that it took that jackass to force out PM to do what
>>>> many of us have wanted for years. We have to accept that part of the
>>>> reason for NATO and its spending requirements it to support the military
>>>> industrial complex. I don't think it is any secret that the US expects
>>>> to the one seller the arms and equipment. We could go a long way to
>>>> meeting our target by recruiting and training enough soldiers to be able
>>>> to get boots on the ground in case of a conflict. We could do with more
>>>> aircraft and navy vessels and should do our best to build them here or
>>>> to source them from Europeans. We should not be buying fifth generation
>>>> fighter aircraft from a country whose president has implied they would
>>>> be dumbed down.
>>>
>>> Offensive weapons are a wasted investment: "Lets build shit that will get
>>> us all killed because NOBODY wins Battles with Yesterday's WunderWaffen".
>>> Our militaries should be converted to Civil Defense capable of self-defense
>>> at need. Any additions to our "Defense" Budget should go into high-quality
>>> STEM Public Education: buy's a couple of orders magnitude higher ROI.
>>>
>>> Dhu
>>>
>> if you don't like our great war machine moved to a country that has one
>> you like
>
> No. I just don' want my taxes wasted on Yesterday's WunderWaffen; which
> appears to be the aim of our current Branch Plant Manager Carney.
>
> Dhu
>
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