Trump effect; Canada to increase military spending
Last week President Trump castigated NATO allies for their failure to meet their commitment for their own defense. Canada decided that he’s right according to BBC;
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced on Wednesday that the government plans to grow the military budget by 73% over the next decade.
The money will go to 88 fighter jets, 5,000 new military personnel and new ships.
The move comes at a time when Nato is pressuring countries to contribute more to global crises.
“This defence policy is for Canada,” Mr Sajjan told media when asked if the new spending will appease US President Donald Trump, who has frequently called on Canada to contribute more to Nato.
They get the James Mattis seal of approval according to Fox News;
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said he was “heartened” by Canadian policy.
“The United States welcomes Canada’s marked increase in investment in their military and their continued commitment to a strong defense relationship with the United States and NATO,” Mattis said in a statement.
The decision is not without dissension in Canada though. From the Montreal Star‘s readers letters;
For a start, why not disarm part of the Canadian Forces and equip them to offer aid and support to areas struck by earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods and other natural disasters. That would not make Freeland popular with the military industrial complex, but it could be described as real leadership.
The Justin Trudeau Liberals just caved in to U.S. President Donald Trump and gave him exactly what he demanded. Trump asked NATO members to increase their military spending to 2 per cent of their GDP.
Category: Foreign Policy
Who is Nato? Is he some Greek fellow?
Nah, thats the guy in Beetle Bailey.
Kato’s cousin.
It is actually “N U T O”….”stupid iz, az stupid duz!” …Forest L. Gump
Disarm the military. Fucking stank ass hippies, man.
The first time Canada gets hit with some kind of bomb or attack, the Canucks will be squawking for the military to protect them.
I know the Canadians have pulled their weight in the past. I’m hoping this sparkle-unicorn-riding drug-tripper is not representative of how the average Canadian feels.
http://www.dailywire.com/news/10477/my-first-ameriphobe-lionel-chetwynd
Lionel Chetwynd spent a few years in the Canadian Army in the early 60s, and served under an old NCO who fought at Dieppe. When he asked old Sergeant Betts about that operation, and why not a single one of the Canadians, Brits, or Americans who were sent tried to skate out of it, Sergeant Betts told him that, “Your generation is lucky enough that you’ve only ever had to think about what you were gonna live for. Back then, we had to decide what we were willing to die for.”
Trudeau is a smug little snot who won’t even answer direct questions asked of him by members of the Canadian Parliament. He should be fired and turned out without a penny.
He has a bromance date with the JEF recently. Must have went home, watched Netflix and “cuddled”…
https://heatst.com/politics/barack-obamas-post-presidential-world-tour-is-starting-to-get-creepy/
I wonder if Justine, er, Justin, let Boo-rock in on this little tidbit? If he did, I’d bet that Boo-rock didn’t enjoy his triple soy, mocha, macchiato latte.
Has anyone reminded Barry that he ain’t calling shots no more?
The JEF still thinks he’s a “playa” on the world stage… he’s no better than a street hustler in da hood.
I honestly think that he’s campaigning for UN Secretary General, for a future vote and or nomination.
Great position in an organization in which large amounts of money disappear without any oversight.
What DOES come from the United Nothing other than perpetual. corruption?
Yeah. But a increasingly fascist state on your border and you will increase defense spending.
Especially if that state transitioning to fascism is a one reliable ally that has proven itself to be too ignorant and irrational to be trusted.
The Trump effect is the world is much less stable than it was 4 months ago.
You keep using that “F” word, Lars, while consistently demonstrating your ignorance as to its meaning.
The auto-correct capitalizes it since it was added to the auto-correct dictionary that way. I just don’t give enough of a Fuck to change it.
And people upset over curse words need to grow the Fuck up. There is nothing about a word that makes is bad. It is to communicate sentiment.
Besides, numerous studies have shown people who curse are more honest in what they say on average than people who don’t.
People who curse are more honest? ok lars, well then you are a complete fucking idiot, with not a fucking clue about anything in this world! Did you lazy fucking ass just roll out of the wrong side of your mos bed, seeing that you’ve got your fucking panties in such a twist this morning???
Is that fucking better you fucking shit for brains,candy assed dipshit???
Not the “F” word I was referring to, fucknuts. For a guy who claims to be so smart, you tend to miss some really obvious shit.
And life teaches that people who use profanity inappropriately are intellectually challenged. By the way, dropping the f-bomb at my wife will lose you some teeth – enjoy THAT sentiment – and I don’t know which will reach you first. Grow up. One of the more unpleasant parts of reading your posts is your incessant use of ‘fuck’ when neither necessary nor appropriate.
I was actually pointing out Lars’s incessant misuse of “fascism.” Lars, being the jackass that he is, decided that I must criticizing him for profanity when I replied to a post of his that contained none. That’s Commissar for you. Can you believe the Army put him in charge of something?
No. No, I can’t. I want my tax money back.
With his background and credentials Commissar could easily be welcomed by Janos as a Subject Matter Expert on his show.
You should consider it Commissar. Get your message out there, stimulate some conversation. Contact the show and get it in front of a larger audience. It might be a good exercise for your mind.
After a decade with MI officers… yes, I have no problems believing Lars as an MI officer. And yes, I saw where you said fascism he read ‘fuck’… just thought it indicative of his wanting to fit in his mold.
“The Trump effect is the world is much less stable than it was 4 months ago”
Good thing the Trump effect is merely a delusion of self-importance, manifested in people that didn’t vote for him and simply can’t accept their own irrelevance.
“Fascist state” – I guess you were Ok with the weaponization of government agencies and the NSA a conducting surveillance on people and lying about it? Barry O allowed that to happen and Cankles, Bernie or Jill would have allowed it to continue if any one of them were elected?
The “D’s” and socialists would just love to have government involved in everything? I’m sure you’d love having someone either wiping your ass or telling you how to do it, in your “perfect world”?
“Fascist state”
argumentum ad absurdum…Berkeley’s new motto and SOP
Ever since COMMISSAR Commissar left the sheltered environment known as the Army, he’s been unable to function. The Army always told him what to do and how to do it, and for how long.
He has no creative skills, thinks in a closed box like a guppy in a fish bowl, and hasn’t had an original thought since his mother was conceived. He’s a lost soul.
But – pimps and killers have to come from somewhere, don’t they?
Babbles McButthead has himself admitted that he has had NO job in the private sector other than at a burger franchise. I don’t see him holding any job other than that of a Government Bureaucrat in a cubicle somewh, he’s way too imbecilic and incompetent to last anywhere else.
And Canada’s spending g was already above the 2% Trump whined about. So this has nothing to do with Trump acting like a angry toddler at the NATO meeting.
But don’t let the facts prevent you from spinning your pro-Trump propaganda narrative.
The irony is Trump is doing more to damage conservative politics and motivate liberals than any liberal politician has ever accomplished. Already he is destroying Jeff Sessions and Paul Ryan’s careers.
Ivwould be cheering him on if I did not actually care about this country.
You put partisanship over country. And not even conservative ideology. Trump is not a conservative on most economic and many social issues. But all that matters is he is “on your team”.
“But all that matters is he is “on your team”.”
It matters more that he’s not on “their” team. It’s a subtle, but important difference.
Partisanship over country.. sorry sparkle pony, that is the stock in trade of you and your fellow dumbass travelers / facists, socialists, communists.. (don’t fear the commie)
‘partisanship’ – there it is again. Another commie slap at us good citizens of the USofA.
Seriously, COMMISSAR Commissar, if you ever remove your head from your own sigmoid, you may find yourself persona non grata with your constant rambling, foul-mouthed invective toward American citizens.
You do realize, don’t you? That no one is forcing you to read TAH or post comments or anything.
Excuse me, my cat is pestering me about the catbox. Toodles, dipshit!
If the liberals build their whole anti Trump movement on the lie that Trump is a fascist that will go about as well as any movement built on a lie.
Justina, like many on the left, reminds me of a lot of several employees I know…they put on a bold facade and talk crap in the break room among their contemporaries. However, when it’s “go” time, they do what they are told, how they are told, when they are told. And when addressed by a superior, they mumble incoherently while staring down at their shoes.
Our Minister of ND is a Stolen Valour ‘Turd in a turban’. Suprised I haven’t seen him here……yet.
Google Harjit Sajjan SV and you learn about his exaggeration about his role in OP Medusa. Its like having our very own ‘Tailgunner’Joe!
PS..
Justin Turdeau blows hobos for AirMiles……just saying
He is the Lib Assclown who had us open ‘Welcome Centres’ for illegals(Somalis and Syrians) who cross the undefended parts of the border.
Instead of encouraging these illegals, that money should have been spent on Concertina Wire and landmines ect. to keep them from roosting here.
Or…… Sentry Guns that fire pig blood bullets! That’ll fuck em 😉