Both Babbling Brooks and Let It Bleed have linked to this so you have probably been to Strong and Free already but if not check it out.
...The excuse that deploying DART would cost money that could be better utilized by on-site national agencies is only partly true. The cost figures quoted, when government is trying to justify inaction, include things like salaries and other fixed costs that will be paid whether DART deploys or not. The real reason that we are in our now-customary role of dithering is much more fundamental. We simply can't get there from here, because that capability has been allowed to wither, and it would be another international embarrassment to show how weak we have really become.
Michael Coren has been all over this on CFRB this afternoon and especially the fact that the PM Martin, MP Pettigrew and MP Carroll have been too busy on vacation to take a leadership position
during this. If my sparks download works I hope to post more from Mr. Coren.
