- Harper, It's Just That Simple

Lloyd Macilquham cicblog
12:16 PM on January 19, 2011
Continued from below:

There'll be no stealth in touting the F-35, Jeffery Simpson
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/therell-be-no-stealth-in-touting-the-f-35/article1875031/

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WinniMiss wrote:
11:40 AM on January 19, 2011
Llloyd, that blog is uninformed nonsense.

For starters read and ponder, then research the comment by "stkplyr" above.
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For factual background surely you meant to refer to:

Metasphere , 8:29 AM on January 19, 2011, etc.,
and his reference to the article:
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-NOTAM-05072010-1.

Canada doesn't need F-35's for any kind of activity involving our military that has ever been presented to Canadians.

The Canadian military exists to serve the Canadian people not Harper and the Con's, nor the military-industrial establishment or extreme right wing ideology in Canada or the US. They have no right, nor mandate, to insist on equipment that does not match our military activities.

It is the Canadian people that determine what our military objectives and they are not to be determined covertly, by a hand full of people. Simply put, if Canada does require 65 F-35's, then neither Harper, nor the Cons, nor the military are telling us why and that's just not right (morally that is, although it is evidently 'Right').

As far as creating jobs:

$16 b overall cost is low by a long shot.

It is money flowing outside Canada and so benefiting non-Canadians.

If the $16 b were spent inside Canada on things Canadians needed there would be a double benefit:

$16 b in Canadian jobs

plus

$16 value added to Canada.

Then there is the Harper credibility factor and based on his, MacKay's and all the Cons' track record in the last 5 years, I simply do not believe anything Harper says at face value. He will have to show the actual contracts to be reviewed to see exactly what benefit there is and to what extent it can be counted on.

It's just that simple.

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