Nous sommes,les Canadiens, les véritables coupables de la mort du Lieutenant Saunders à bord le sousmarin Chicoutimi.
C'est notre indifférence en matière de la defense et en assurant que nos soldats, pilots et marines peuvent se procurer l'équipement nécessaire pour exécuter les tâches que le gouvernement les confient qui assure le mort ou blessure grave de nos militaires. Parce qu'on s'en foutait paendant de décennies, le gouvernement avait pu achéter des sousmarins citrons.
C'est pire qu'honteux, c'est inexcusable d'achéter d'équipement désuète ou defecteux. Imaginons-nos si on ferait la même chose dans le domaine de la construction- d'utiliser des outils de 40 ans. Come toujours, les citoyens de pays démocratiques souvent oublissent que le monde n'est pas comme eux et la prudence exige un capacité de défendre son territoire ainsi que veiller sur ses intérêts en-dehors de ses frontières.
Peut-être cette fois-ci les citoyens se revilleront et exigerons qu'on procure à nos militaires ce qu'ils faut.
I didn't really watch the first American presidential debate but the snippets I did see, Bush looked outclassed. I did watch most of the second debate and thought Bush was in fine form. At times he was quite persusaive even if he did finesse the global test manta that Kerry supposedly would subject America before using force.
I have to say that with respect to the allies and sympathetic countries, I do tend to agree with Kerry more but I was rather unimpressed by his answers to the foreign policy questions. With respect to Iraq, I think Kerry boxed himself in with a campaign slogan that says: Allies! The Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time but follow me anyways!
Also Kerry's support for the 'sacrment' of abortion, stem cell research and other life issues made me cringe. He can call himself a Catholic all he wants but his consistent refusal to repudiate his party's obsessive enthusisasm for killing the vulnerable in the name of the one, holy, infalliable individual really outrages me.
He doesn't want to impose his morality on others but has no hesitation to foist his party's pro-killingchoice platform on the the society. Mind you, I'm unthrilled with Bush, he'll still be too protectionist to my liking and the trade disputes between Canada and the U.S. won't really be resolved until a new Administration arrives.