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hoganshero
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I‘ve noticed a lot of the guys on this forum share the same angst I do at the state of the Canadian Forces. I noticed alot of guys have commented that they would like to see the funding for the Canadian Forces increased as if simply increasing the funding for the Canadian Forces will increase teh forces value in the eyes of the public and the World in general.
I‘d like address what I feel is a misconception. Spending on the military does not beget a strong foreign policy which begets prestige and foreign assignments/interventions. It is the other way around.... A strong(aggresive?)foreign policy begets military spending which brings foreign assignments and hence prestige.
The US does not spend all that money on the military so that they can can make tough decisions and tell other contries how things are going to be. rather they spend the money they do on the military because tehey make tough decision and tell other countries how things are going to be. I think what needs to happen here is not that we need to tell the politicians that we want increased spending on the military but rather that we want decisions to be made about our foreign policy and the military spending will follow.
I don‘t think it is conincedence that we began starving the diplomatic corp shortly before the military‘s own diet began. I wondered what your thoughts were on this and whether our generals need to be more political in pushing for changes to our foreign policy similar to what generals in the US do?
I‘d like address what I feel is a misconception. Spending on the military does not beget a strong foreign policy which begets prestige and foreign assignments/interventions. It is the other way around.... A strong(aggresive?)foreign policy begets military spending which brings foreign assignments and hence prestige.
The US does not spend all that money on the military so that they can can make tough decisions and tell other contries how things are going to be. rather they spend the money they do on the military because tehey make tough decision and tell other countries how things are going to be. I think what needs to happen here is not that we need to tell the politicians that we want increased spending on the military but rather that we want decisions to be made about our foreign policy and the military spending will follow.
I don‘t think it is conincedence that we began starving the diplomatic corp shortly before the military‘s own diet began. I wondered what your thoughts were on this and whether our generals need to be more political in pushing for changes to our foreign policy similar to what generals in the US do?