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To: KyrosL who wrote (4435)	10/12/2001 5:22:37 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Canada's military has been in danger of being marginalized for some time, despite our long history of being right there in time of need at hotspots around the world. We had massive losses as well in WWII, having joined the fight in the first week after Germany started its invasion. It wasn't for years that the US joined the battle. I am not critizing the US at all in this; certainly much has changed since then and we Canadians should take a page or two from our southern neighbour. For one, I believe Canada needs to vastly increase its spending on the military. I also feel that a coordinated approach to North American security is a neccessity - something that our liberal government has been publically loathe to consider but probably will relent to eventually. I think democratic societies tend more often than not to learn from their mistakes; it seems like democratic-world opinion has galvanized rather quickly around this issue (despite there being no simple answers) and that is encouraging.

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