I am a big fan of Major-General (Ret) Lewis MacKenzie and he bats Jack Layton around today in the Globe and Mail.
...Peacekeeping between states that went to war and needed an excuse to stop fighting worked relatively well during the Cold War and Canada played a role in each and every mission. Mind you, at the height of our participation in UN missions during the 1970s and '80s we had a maximum of 2,000 soldiers wearing the blue beret deployed abroad in places such as Cyprus and the Golan Heights. At the same time, we had 10,000 personnel serving with NATO on the Central Front in Germany, armed with nuclear weapons, ready and waiting for the Soviet hoards to attack across the East German border. Peacekeeping was a sideline activity. We did it well, along with others such as Sweden, India, Norway, Brazil -- but it was never even close to being our top priority.
He is tackles the myth of even-handedness but I fear abusing the fair-use doctrine. I advise you read the whole thing.
Comments (4)
Hey Greg,
I was at work this morning and quickly skimmed the great article. But now when I click the link I can’t access it because of the subscriber wall. How did I get around it this morning?
Thanks
Posted by Spitfire | September 6, 2006 8:53 PM
Posted on September 6, 2006 20:53
Copy the title of any G&M piece and paste it into Google News.
Posted by Greg Staples | September 6, 2006 10:02 PM
Posted on September 6, 2006 22:02
yeah I tried that, but I get blocked version :( Oh well!
Posted by Spitfire | September 7, 2006 9:44 AM
Posted on September 7, 2006 09:44
It’s seriously time that we got conservative about how to deal with people like Jack and the Nanaimo/Cowichan NDP. Rope, scaffold, knife, and 4 horses are called for. It’s time to deal with this scum before they start aiding and abetting their ideological heroes. We will soon see “weathermen” type groups linking up with jihadis to try and commit spectaculars, and the Progressive Bloggers will cheer them on, if not be party to it.
The old flag, the old punishment, the Queen!
Posted by hey | September 7, 2006 3:55 PM
Posted on September 7, 2006 15:55