Afstan: Sen. Hugh Segal loses his marbles
What is gluey Hughie thinking? Here's a proposal of his for future Canadian military operations:
If that's the best a Conservative senator of great repute can come up with, boy is this country in trouble.
Update:More on the silly senator here.
One need only look at the no-fly zones enforced over northern and southern Iraq after the 1991 Persian Gulf war to note the range of strategic choices available to the allies. We could follow through on our NATO obligations and serve the region by reducing ground forces, patrolling from the air in manned and unmanned aircraft, making full use of other surveillance capacities and offering support for allied naval containment and air rapid-response capacity. Nimble, easily deployed constant air surveillance and other tactical theatre options would ensure fewer risks for our convoys...Hey, Hugh! Since the Taliban have no aircraft what's all this about no-fly zones? Afstan is landlocked so what's the "naval containment" all about? And haven't you heard the uproar about civilian casualties when aircraft respond?
If that's the best a Conservative senator of great repute can come up with, boy is this country in trouble.
Update:More on the silly senator here.
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 4:06 p.m.
4 Comments:
further proof that intelligence is not a requirement to be selected for a life long lip-lock on the public teat as a Canadian Senator.
I saw Hughie in NDHQ last week. Presumably he only consulted admirals and air force generals.
His military expertise rivals that of Travers in the Star.
george: Travesty's latest; it's so shallow you couldn't get wet in it:
Conservatives ask too much of defence spending
Mark
Ottawa
Another point: The only Conservative acquisitions and spending plans that are truly new are the C-17s, Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships, and the Leopard 2s.
All the other major ones were either part of CF plans under the Liberals or considered by the Liberals and rejected (in Nov. 2005 MND Graham's proposal to buy C-130J, Chinooks and fixed-wing SAR aircraft was shot down and the Liberals agreed only to fast-track the Hercs), e.g.:
Joint Support Ship
Frigate Refit
New trucks
Why doesn't Travesty present the real facts? Either he doesn't know or remember, or he simply wants to smear the Conservatives with the good old anti-American brush.
Mark
Ottawa
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