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US Threat - was re: Ideal CF Size?
At 10:23 PM 6/22/00 -0600, Gunner wrote:
>Canada does not have a threat. Hence we have a small military. As I
>have mentioned before, the major threat to Canada is the United
>States...how do you defend your soveignty against a super power? Lord
>knows Ms Copps has been wrestling with that question for years.
>
Keep in mine, however, that this is not essentially a military threat. More
the threat of being overwhelmed in economic and cultural senses. You cannot
defend in those arenas with a military force, no matter how strong.
(Unless, of course your military-industrial machine is large enough to take
over the North American market, which isn't really achievable.) Does the US
truly threaten our physical sense of sovereignty? I don't think so. I doubt
that any estimates were ever drafted at NDHQ on the forcible retaking of
Argentia, which was 'occupied' by the US military from 1941 until 1997.
mike
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