Military potential of Canada

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Ehran RE:Military potential of Canada 9/30/2004 1:40:34 PM

well the only really important thing standing in the way of our becoming a military giant is that there are only 32 million of us in toto. well i suppose the fact canadians really aren't interested in throwing our weight around is a considerable factor also.

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Maple man RE:Military potential of Canada 9/30/2004 9:23:55 PM

Population has nothing to do with it,because look at Israel(7 million),North Korea(22 million),South Korea(50 million),so on and so on.I do agree though tha tpopulation support is a problem but until Canada is seriously threatened the people her will not care.When have we been under substantial threat by anyone?

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southern cross RE:Military potential of Canada 10/1/2004 3:31:15 AM

"Could Canada become a military giant,and if yes,HOW " the only hope, brain transplats to all of your political leaders and to most of your voters.

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Maple man RE:Military potential of Canada 10/1/2004 8:59:27 AM

lol thats a good one!

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StymiestxBlitz RE:Military potential of Canada 10/1/2004 5:12:39 PM

lol Well I am not an advocate of conscription although I think it would be good for some of the assholes in our country at the moment especially for all those teens my age that think theya re king .

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Maple man RE:Military potential of Canada 10/1/2004 9:07:42 PM

applaud,thats hitting the nail on the head,some of these kids need to toss the Playstation and get more physical,and the armed forces are an excellent place to start!

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gf0012-aust RE:Military potential of Canada 10/1/2004 9:36:52 PM

The issue for Canada is that she is clearly a latent power. She has alreadt demonstrated that she can fight in 1812, WW1 and WW2. latency also apllies to the fact that she can gear up into a war cycle very very quickly if needed. She's a latent nuclear power and like Oz has the advantage of being a difficult target to take on due to a harsh buffered environment that would make logistics and sustained placement difficult for an invader. Plus you have the damocles advantage of being immersed into the US economy through association. You may not always agree with your southern neighbour - but you sure as hell still get to reap the rewards of cross trade (although NAFTA issues may not always make that so apparent). In a sense I've always considered that Canada and Australia are very hard nuts to take on at an intercontinental level - we have similar traits, similar demographic advantages and similar capabilities. You have the advantage of a bigger population and the capacity to gain advantage off the US economy. I think that much like Australia, you're a country that shouldn't be pi$$ed off by others, as when you make a committment to go to war, your resolve and your capability to conduct warfighting at its absolute potential is rather apparent. Something has to be done about losing your technical capability at the warfighting level though - you're a bloody big version of NZ at the moment. ;)

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Maple man RE:Military potential of Canada 10/1/2004 10:05:16 PM

The Canadian people are too reliant on the Americans now where as back in the Wars you spoke of we were not,at least not as much.Our major ally then was of course Britain,when The Brits went to war so did the Canadians,it was simply automatic no questions asked.Where our power is is in our GDP and our capacity to produce,build and buy what we need to wage a war.THIS is why NZ is nothing like us Canucks,no offence to them but they simply do not have the natural resources or manpower needed to produce any sort of war machine,even though when they were called upon during war times they more than dished out their share of asswhoopin to the enemies they encountered.

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StymiestxBlitz RE:Military potential of Canada 10/1/2004 11:15:51 PM

I highly doubt canada would be able to make such a significant contribution this day in age as they did in the past. I just don't see our countrymen being as devout as they once were. Hypothetically speaking we coul dprobably crank out an army of 4 million if the need would ever arise.

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Ehran RE:Military potential of Canada 10/2/2004 4:58:44 PM

conscription pretty much guarantees mediocrity in your forces though. one of our pro's would be that the guys in the forces are committed with a high percentage being lifers.

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