Many wars are political...some are defensive, like the one going on in the 
Middle East.

My real point in replying to you was to take issue with your accusation 
that the US military is a bunch of dumb bunglers.  That offends me.

John Lee


At 12:51 AM 11/9/06 -0500, James B. Byrne wrote:
>Date:    Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:56:15 -0600
>From:    Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: OT:kerry
>
> > John Lee asked:  This sounds pollitically motivated.  Does the Canadian
> > military do it better?  Differently?  How so?
>
>
> > To which I respond: No.  You should realize the Canadian Armed Forces is
> > smaller than the police force of the City of Toronto.
>
>The uniformed strength of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Department is
>5260 with approximately 400 additional uniformed reserve officers (2006).
>The uniformed strength of the Canadian Forces is 62,500 with an additional
>~14,000 uniformed reserves (2006).  No doubt you obtained your information
>regarding Canada's military from the same sources that provided the
>current U.S. administration with proof of WMD in Iraq and predicted that
>the Iraqi people would welcome invading U.S. troops with flowers.
>
>By the way, it may come as a surprise to some but war is quintessentially
>political in nature.  It is therefore absolutely impossible to discuss war
>in apolitical terms. The delusion that war somehow can be considered
>outside of its political context lies at the root of many of the world's
>problems with state organized violence.
>
>
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