Darfur: What can and should Canada do?
An excellent analysis in an Army.ca editorial. The conclusion:
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The Ruxted Group agrees with an Army.ca member who said, recently, ”… the primary utility of armed forces is to give the government of the day options. To do that the armed forces must be capable of doing a certain range of tasks – decades, nearly four of them, of neglect and, occasionally, actual destruction of military capabilities have deprived the Government of Canada of many of its options. Delaying the rebuilding of our military capabilities, even to help others to deal with a real crime against humanity, would a grave strategic error.” It may be that Canada will, indeed must ‘sit this one out’ while it rebuilds the military so that when the inevitable next crises arise we can respond, efficiently and effectively.
Meanwhile, David Rudd, President and Executive Director of the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, thinks Canada could provide tactical helicopters in a pinch (if any international mission ever comes about), a view that finds some support in the Army.ca editorial (full text not online).
Predate: A marvelous column by John Robson of the Ottawa Citizen.
Update: Silly stuff in the Toronto Star from Jim Travers and (gasp) Linda McQuaig. Fairly good stuff from Thomas Walkom. See the comment thread at Army.ca.
Cross-posted to Daimnation!
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The Ruxted Group agrees with an Army.ca member who said, recently, ”… the primary utility of armed forces is to give the government of the day options. To do that the armed forces must be capable of doing a certain range of tasks – decades, nearly four of them, of neglect and, occasionally, actual destruction of military capabilities have deprived the Government of Canada of many of its options. Delaying the rebuilding of our military capabilities, even to help others to deal with a real crime against humanity, would a grave strategic error.” It may be that Canada will, indeed must ‘sit this one out’ while it rebuilds the military so that when the inevitable next crises arise we can respond, efficiently and effectively.
Meanwhile, David Rudd, President and Executive Director of the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, thinks Canada could provide tactical helicopters in a pinch (if any international mission ever comes about), a view that finds some support in the Army.ca editorial (full text not online).
Predate: A marvelous column by John Robson of the Ottawa Citizen.
Update: Silly stuff in the Toronto Star from Jim Travers and (gasp) Linda McQuaig. Fairly good stuff from Thomas Walkom. See the comment thread at Army.ca.
Cross-posted to Daimnation!
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 9:32 a.m.
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