> Canada is lucky we allow them to exist on the same continent.
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Actually, the Canadian army got wasted by the USers's "friendly" fire when they were sent to Afghanistan, I heard. :)
Yep. Because the pilot flying the aircraft was stoned. ;p
In the USA, all pilots are flying high. :)
>>18: Poor examples; unlike Canada, those countries are tiny little dots on the map with little population and natural resources. And it is not only "gun-laden tomfoolery" I'm speaking of; just good ol' normal diplomacy would be nice. Many nations are currently in Iraq helping to rebuild the infrastructure whilst not firing a single bullet. And how can isolation lead to riches? You must at least trade with other nations for needed resources, if nothing else, if you wish to have a stable economy. I have no facts, but I'm pretty sure your four examples are at least trading with their neighbors, on the private level if not at the governmental level.
An army has its uses, but a lot of people think what the US is currently doing is counterproductive. I suppose only history will give the final verdict, but it's looking like an explosive money-pit at the moment.
I'm curious why it's costing the US so much though. There have been a lot larger mobilisations in history.
I always found amusing what the SAS do with most the equipment they're issued - they bury it (whoops!). When you're running around for days in enemy territory all those kilos add up. Of course the government always thinks it knows what's best for the troops, so they keep on issuing junk the troops don't want instead of the junk the troops need.
Perhaps funnelling all that money into troop training would serve a better purpose. There are a lot of nations with armies that are better trained than the US. While those armies are a lot smaller, each soldier is worth several of his US counterparts.
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Elaborate?
They're in the Pacific. So what?
>>19
Righty-o, remember what happened when China went isolationist.
The only countries that can do that need to own tons of satellite nations, and even then an improper government (soviets) can demolish what would have been a very stable infrastructure.
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>>28
You were probably thinking of the Korean border. DMZ. We really are keeping too many soldiers there, but no one else wants to heft the burden that's Kim. They think he's too insane to actually do anything effective. Or simply just don't care if he attacks anyone. I dunno why, it would seem like the more the destructive the weaponry, the more you'd want to keep it out of the hands of a nutcase. That's probably why there've been no actual terrorist attacks since the planecrash. The whole world's gone freakin' lazy and decadant, with the exception of the crazies and obsessivecompulsives like PeTA, ELF, and the shoebomber guy.
>>30 maybe it meant "clam moderates"
i've heard mr. o'reilly loves the clam
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Just chiming in on this conversation: Ann Coulter is a disease and must be cleansed from this race with molten lead.
Actually, two other things. I've actually read through one of Ann Coulters books. She is hilarious to the point I think I'm almost reading satire. Seriously.
Secondly, why the hell does Canada have to stand out? So we're a peace-loving democracy: do we HAVE to go to war with Denmark just to be "cool like the other countries"?
> USA is lucky Bin Laden allow them to exist on the same planet.
"Awful lot of dog sledding"
Hahaha. He's obviously never been anywhere south of 60-Latitude.
Ann Coulter needs to back up her bark with some bite. When's she going to do something? And when's she going to back up what she says?
People like her and O'Reilley are giving conservatism a bad rap.
We need more people like John McCain and a whole lot less like them.
I'll rape that ami whore in all her holes times and times again until she cries like a little bitch and apologizes for the crime her shit country made.
Then I would send her to Iraq and make a gangbang video with hundrets of freedom fighters fucking her from every angle.
I will note that, well-trained or not, U.S. troops have two big disadvantages:
1.) Lack of real experience going in. We're deploying troops into the slaughterhouses of the world. The people we're fighting may be largely uneducated, untrained people using shitty equipment, but they've been actively killing as a military unit for YEARS. One sees the same in Africa. American troops are only now building up some real experience. Training does not and will never compare to actual combat.
2.) The battle is now unconventional. The initial sweeping of the Iraqi army was a clean victory, even if our troops were probably less experienced than some enemy units, we had technology, numbers, and superiorly honed skills. Now that we're occupying Iraq, we face a situation not unlike (though with far less bloodshed) that of Vietnam: you can't fight an enemy you can't see, or who looks like any other damn civilian.
Ann Coulter as you all know is just another right wing nut, I'm not picking sides here, the problem with Coulter, Bin Laden and the sort are they are extremist in their own beleifs they are what most of us call a nut job, the problem however does not stop there the bigger problem is these are the people to whom the large uneducated or disgruntled mass listen too.
Ann Coulter has sexy politics but is much too skinny and blond
I think Michele Malken is the new Ann Coulter. "Japanese Internment camps, lol."
Michelle Malkin makes my pecker stand at attention. I love her too.
>>42
Yeah, she definitely needs more .45 ACP to the face.
How come this clown can be on national television?
>>48
Because people pay to hear people say the things they can't but are in fact thinking.
Potential for what, pray tell? Everyone around the world except us ignorant americans knows that since it's creation as a nation, Canada has been one of the leaders in global peace keeping missions. They do spend less on their military than anyone else but thats because they dont waste their resources fighting anyone. notice how you never heard of terroists in canada until after Harper became PM in canada and started backing hawkish ambitions. Instead of blowing their money on troops to fight countries that pose no realistic threat to their interests, Canada uses their money to pay for services on their people. Yes the waiting list for life or death surgery in canada is long but it is here in the us too (ask anyone who needs a heart or kidney) but everyone gets a general checkup. you can go to any of their physicians if u break a leg and taxes cover that. u know, we could do the same thing if instead of spending $360 billion on a military budget a year - not countnig the extra spending bills for the war. just the standard average military budget in america - (as opposed to Britains equivalent of $40 billion as the second most expensive military) we could spend, say $80 billion on military, still be twice as big as britains military, and have $280 billion dollars. That would cover a pretty good basic national health care plan to go along side privatized health care for those with auxilary insurance dont you think? Thats where canada's, switzerland's, Sweden's, and Netherland's "potential" goes. into their National Interest aka the purpose of their government in the first place.
as for no one helping us, everyone knows its like vietnam in the desert, only this tme the enemy has more factions and has more allied ( radical muslims). The only way to defeat the insurgency is to carpet nuke iraq, level, pave over it, and build a big ass walmart in the middle. and all that will do is piss off the rest of the muslims and anyone else withing range of the fall out. Its called a Pyrrhic victory. Look it up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory
TL;DR Canada isn't "wasting shit", its doing what its supposed to be doing and no ne wants to help america in Iraq because failWar is FAIL.
>>50 notice how you never heard of terroists in canada
wat
I would love to see Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin gang raped by HIV positive rape gangs in South Africa.
I like how you take only half of that sentence. If u read thoe whole thing, I said, "notice how you never heard of terroists in canada UNTIL AFTER HARPER BECAME PM IN CANADA AND STARTED BACKING HAWKISH AMBITIONS". See how different that staement is. Name one incident of terrorist cells being found in canada BEFORE Harper was Prime Minister. The operative phrase there being "BEFORE Harper was Prime Minister".
tl;dr Failed strawman arguement is fail
>>53
I like how you're blissfully unaware that the FLQ was active in the 70s and 80s, but Harper is Prime Minister now.
You said "notice how you never heard of terrorists in Canada until after Harper became PM."
Everyone who was paying attention is already quite aware of the rather long and bloody history of the FLQ, thank you very much, who were bombing police stations and shooting postmen when Harper was still wearing short pants.
Indeed, someone here reeks of EPIC FAIL.
Republicans are FAIL
Democrats are FAIL
Neocons are FAIL
Socialists are FAIL
America is FAIL
touche on the flq. i should have specified foreign terrorists. obviously if you are trying to overthrow the government of the country you live in, you are aware of it. but the only terrorists. i meant foreign terorists. obviously domestic terrorism cannot be avoided by isolationism. but foreign terrorism can. pre harper, Canada had not had to deal with foreign terrorism.
Actually Canada burned the white house last time you thought it was a good idea not allowing them to exist.
>>57
That was after we sacked and torched their entire capital. America does it one better as usual.
>>57,58
The burning of York was arson by American soldiers, the burning of Washington was a deliberate act of vengeance ordered by British commanders.
Almost every public building in DC was torched; the only reason the entire city was spared is because care was taken not to burn private estates containing civilians.
> America does it one better as usual.
If you had any shame, you'd understand why your statement is laughable, crawl into bed, and curl in a fetal position.
I sincerely hope that woman gets assassinated. Like, really. REALLY. REALLY REALLY REALLY. Really. Really, really.
I wish nothing but the worst of pain for that woman and her kind.
If Mccain wins then Ann Coulter will assassinate him so that Palin will be president.
Live the American dream...move to Canada.