I mean, I’m not psychotic, that’s for sure

to be fair, bone saws are similarly horrific but not nearly as efficient

Well I for one am glad that you are not in a position to realize your dreams :)

I call bullshit. This smells like a deliberately planted story to influence public opinion, same as the supposed “modelling of a US invasion” story a day or so after Carney’s Davos speech

Why would flattening cities and murdering millions of human beings be a noble cause? Most folks in the US are just trying to get by, same as people anywhere else in the world.

True - although oddly the author seems to frame this as something our federal leadership understands but that ‘everyday Canadians’ don’t … and yet it seems to me to be the exact opposite.

If the feds really understood the threat — or perhaps more accurately, if they cared about the threat; as long as capital’s interests aren’t threatened, it seems they aren’t too bothered — then they wouldn’t be cheering on the attacks on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro, or deflecting the ridiculous fentanyl accusations by saying “nah it’s actually Mexico’s fault”, or staying near-silent about the blockade of Cuba. Instead, they would be standing up to the US alongside those countries.

If you have something to say to me then say it directly instead of dancing around it like a weak little piece of shit

So, ad hominem rather than looking at the facts. Ok then

I hate this timeline

Did you read the quote? Because it shows that your first reply, where you said

Canada is withdrawing troops that were already stationed in the region when the Americans attacked.

was misrepresenting the actual situation. In fact, the article you linked also said that

Six others are being deployed abroad to act as liaison officers in the event that the military is asked to assist in civilian evacuations in the region

which is quite different from what you said:

A few are remaining in place specifically to provide assistance with further evacuations if needed.

Anyway as for the other quote

"About 200 members of the Canadian Armed Forces are deployed in the Middle East on six different operations, but some are being moved to other areas or brought back to Canada as a result of the outbreak of war in the region.”

the implication of the word “some”, in this context, is that “most” of the troops that were already there will remain there. And there are discussions happening in a few hours about whether to send more. Are you deliberately trying to misrepresent the situation?

I notice you didn’t pull a direct quote from the article you posted: “About 200 members of the Canadian Armed Forces are deployed in the Middle East on six different operations, but some are being moved to other areas or brought back to Canada as a result of the outbreak of war in the region.” (emphasis added)

Edit: The article you linked contradicts your own summary of it. That’s not good faith argumentation.

Anyway: Canada’s military chief says allies to talk defending Gulf states from Iran: Canada’s defence chief Gen. Jennie Carignan said allies are in talks about possibly helping Persian Gulf states defend themselves against bombing from Iran. Speaking to reporters at a defence and security conference in Ottawa Thursday, Carignan said a meeting is set for early Friday morning to discuss such a proposal among allied militaries and the Canadian Armed Forces would present a recommendation to the government.

Honest? Carney has been actively pushing US & Israeli propaganda by lying about Iran’s supposed nuclear weapons aims/capabilities. Even the CIA agrees that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons!

Carney isn’t ‘playing defence against the US’ here; he’s outright pushing the exact falsehoods that were the pretext for this unprovoked attack by a fascist state that he is still calling our “ally”.

Honestly, like, all through the election campaign and the last year, Liberal supporters have been crowing about how uniquely suited to this moment Carney is, how brilliant a tactician he is.

Now it’s becoming clear to them that the critics, who correctly clocked him as a ruthless capitalist who doesn’t care about the public he’s supposed to be serving, were right all along.

So the excuses start flying. I’ve heard some version of “Carney just needs more experience” at least a dozen times in the last couple days.

This is a serious moment, not a time for excuses. If he’s not up to the job, then demand his replacement.

Well it’s probably worse optics to break a clear campaign promise to increase the CBC’s funding, wouldn’t you agree?

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He called the US our ally twice in his response to the question. On multiple occasions over the last few days he has repeated US and Israeli propaganda about Iran’s nuclear capabilities and ambitions, calling them a “nuclear threat”.

And instead of doing the thing that any competent politician who is against this war of aggression would do — say “no, we are not getting involved in this conflict and I am not going to entertain wild hypotheticals” — he left the door open for sending Canadians to fight alongside the fascist US who have threatened our annexation.

Either he’s aligned with Trump’s worldview, or he’s a dangerously naive fool (or both). Either way, he’s clearly unfit to lead this country.

Edit: typo

Well, Poilievre isn’t the PM, so maybe we need to be critical of the person actually wielding power

Just so I’m clear on all this:

• Carney has vowed to triple the military budget
• The budget bill allows cabinet ministers to exempt any entity from any law
• The feds want to pour billions into AI data centres and fossil fuel development while slashing the public sector
• Even after a 6-month period of only having an interim PBO, the Carney Liberals still haven’t appointed anyone to scrutinize the government’s finances

Development initiatives to create livelihoods and help ensure a poverty-free tomorrow are valuable, but so is ensuring people can access the food or medicines they need today. In fact, earning a livelihood is predicated on remaining alive.

Yup