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The Right ArmyDon't miss Frederick W. Kagen column in The Washington Post. Exerpt:A decision to reduce forces based mainly on the number of Iraqi light infantry available at any moment would be dangerous and unwarranted. It might well put at risk the...Clash of Titans in the Great White North!
Clik4Cathy ReduxCanada flexes its muscles in dispute over Arctic wastes
While the US is busy taking on global Islamofascism, Canada is also busy sticking up for it's interests:
Canadian warships were sailing towards the Arctic yesterday in the latest act of gunboat diplomacy over control of the frozen wastes there.Amid diplomatic arguments over territorial rights, Canada's defence minister recently clambered on to a frozen rock, tiny Hans Island, triggering protests from Denmark. The Canadian programme hit high gear yesterday as the frigate Fredricton sailed towards the contested Davis Strait separating Greenland and north-east Canada.Denmark was not going to take this lying down - but the brink of disaster has been averted with the prospects of meetings at the UN.
Denmark dispatched the naval cutter Tulugaq and threatened to land more men. However, as tensions rose, the two Nato allies had second thoughts, and the rival claimants agreed to discuss the dispute at the United Nations next month.(Phew! Close call! Another world war averted!)
Still, this whole thing threatens a new arctic arms race, since the Canucks apparently need a bit more guns and less butter:
Critics of the Canadian policy argue that if the government is serious about pursuing a robust "northern strategy" it will have to start investing.A C$700 million (£322 million) road to Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Sea has been proposed, but the money has not yet been pledged.Maybe the Martin government can pitch in some of its political slush fund money to help repay from the "Ad-scam" scandal, which has been fully documented by Captain's Quarters, among others.
The military, meanwhile, is not ideally equipped for the brutal conditions of the far north. Although it is expanding its Arctic command base at Yellowknife, the navy lacks sufficient capacity to plough through the pack ice. Critics say that this explains why the Canadian authorities have chosen the summer months to undertake their sovereignty patrols.This situation will bear close watching, what with World Peace on the brink and all.
Clickety-click, my loyal readers. The American Cancer Ablation Center is nearing the 200,000 hit mark. [See this post for background.]...Another lie from a Hildebrand boy
Chad Schuldt pulls off another partisan-based lie. This one is about Cindy Sheehan:The most important fact in the story is that Sheehan lost her son in the war last spring. She has been rebuffed by the President and there have...Mid-east Pull-out Advocated by RINO
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GOPSenator Says Iraq Looking Like VietnamA leadingRepublican(RINO) senator and prospective presidential candidate said Sunday that the war in Iraq has destabilized the Middle East and is looking more like the Vietnam conflict from a generation ago.Leading Senator? Maybe in the MSM - not in the GOP base! Presidential candidate? In his dreams. Logic seems to be absent here. He says we need to get out, but can't just leave a vacuum behind. OK. So what's your plan, Chucky?
Quentin noted earlier the South Dakota Democrat's new Communication's Director (hired with money from Howard Dean), Elesha Carr, a self-proclaimed vegetarian and animal activist (which is about as aberrant as transplanting African animals here). Now, I have no qualms against...I Guess Lodging A Tax Protest Is Like Running A Marathon
Cindy Sheehan recently stated that she was not going to pay her 2004 taxes in protest of Chimpy McHitlerburton's war machine. Of course, Cindy forgot to mention that she may have some experience in not paying taxes....Slow Posting
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