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From a legal standpoint the formally definiing a given conflict as a war introduces a lot of red tape. O'Connor has to be careful and the Liberals are trying to make hay out of that.  As far as I'm concerned it is a matter of semantics as GAP has said, but IMO the implications of calling it a...

Combat operations are activities themselves... they can take place outside a declared war. Again I still think its a technicality but the MND doesn't deserve sniping from those who got us into Afghanistan in the first place.  Especially since its politically motivated.

I would tend to agree with the MND, although it is a technicality. Would an average canadian believe that the terminology used would somehow change what is happening on the ground? Would "Combat Operations" suffice?

Sorry, trying to be funny, obviously I missed the mark.  I wouldn't engage in a discussion with you if I somehow thought you were unintelligent.  My intention was not to suggest that Canada withdraw into some sort of cocoon, it was more that wishful thinking wasn't going to make problems go...

CanuckTroop, You've bought into Iranian propaganda.  There is no doubt that they are after the bomb.  There are several proven, and more economical routes to generate nuclear power... the fact that they are pursuing uranium enrichment means they want the bomb. Don't delude yourself into...

"GIVE IRAN THE BOMB FOR PEACE THROUGH MAD" Mutually assured destruction works only if both participants are rational. If one side decides that God will protect them, and if not, its his will, they punch the proverbial button.  Would you give a bank robber a gun so that no one gets hurt... The...

What I'd rather and what is realistic are two different things... Currently with such a small military, interoperability is extremely important, so training has to consist of everything up to and including validation of said training.  IE deployment, and deployment with our allies.  I'm not...

Quote of the week: "I am fascinated by the concept of anarchists planning anything.  Who decides and how do you enforce the consensus?" KGerrard I am interested to know whether or not you think we should go to Darfur or even if we should have sent the Grizzlies?  As an aside: I've found that...

That's a good point, one doesn't need a stack of letters after their name to be well read...  However, IMHO, Granatstien is berating the political sophistry of politicians and their friends in the media...   

The US is probably already in Pakistan, albeit, likely with ISI handlers.  Mussarraf won a lot of good will in the opening stages of OEF-Afghanistan by acquiescing to all of the US State department's requests.  Invading a cooperative country makes little sense. Osama is likely in the...

Personally, I think that $250,000 is a bit low... if a service member had the option of paying into a civilian life/disability insurance plan, the payout would be much higher.  The fact is that once the government has asked you to deploy, it should assume the entire financial cost of sending...