Today's Globe and Mail has a column that declares we need more defense spending in a world where Canadians are "increasingly on the front line". We are being scared into spending on weaponry instead of on what might actually promote security for our kids and grandkids.
Public opinion is almost always produced through advertising of various kinds. That's how we keep marching to disaster as long as somebody can turn a profit for themselves.
When I first learned that boys could get drafted, I totally assumed that before that happened, the arms factories would have been nationalized. Making a profit from war should be a capital offense. In a defensive war it is unpatriotic, and in an offensive war it is the worst of crimes.
We have been inundated with pro-military propaganda these last couple of years, especially in the North. In Whitehorse, we are told about the economic benefits of an armed forces base and how our northern territories are undefended by land, air, and sea. It has worked.
Chilling is the best word Ihave to describe this increase in military spending. We know who profits in creating weapons of war. Not good given the kind of leadership in our neighbour to the south. What happens to means of support for keeping citizens healthy toward our best functioning capacity with cuts to already strained public services? The answer is chilling as is the increased possibility of war.
I believe our military has long been underpaid and struggling to pay decent salaries and having less peace-keepers.
It’s not just about weaponry.
Everything has gone wonky- where is the politician who recognizes our real security challenge?
military spending for what for whom which allies? It only serves to maintain fiendships
Today's Globe and Mail has a column that declares we need more defense spending in a world where Canadians are "increasingly on the front line". We are being scared into spending on weaponry instead of on what might actually promote security for our kids and grandkids.
Public opinion is almost always produced through advertising of various kinds. That's how we keep marching to disaster as long as somebody can turn a profit for themselves.
When I first learned that boys could get drafted, I totally assumed that before that happened, the arms factories would have been nationalized. Making a profit from war should be a capital offense. In a defensive war it is unpatriotic, and in an offensive war it is the worst of crimes.
We have been inundated with pro-military propaganda these last couple of years, especially in the North. In Whitehorse, we are told about the economic benefits of an armed forces base and how our northern territories are undefended by land, air, and sea. It has worked.
Chilling is the best word Ihave to describe this increase in military spending. We know who profits in creating weapons of war. Not good given the kind of leadership in our neighbour to the south. What happens to means of support for keeping citizens healthy toward our best functioning capacity with cuts to already strained public services? The answer is chilling as is the increased possibility of war.