Recent content by kEiThZ

Meh. The minute they get some Obama-esque charismatic leader travel will shoot back up. And Obama deported so many people the Republicans called him "Deporter-in-Chief". He was able to do it in a way that didn't threaten the average person or create random risk of detention at the borders...

Sucks to be Rubio. Everybody in this administration will be unpopular. The party will just pick an outsider. Like John McCain in 2008.

The difference between what Canada the US spend on healthcare (as a percentage of GDP) is the size of their military and intelligence budgets. They're not lacking for health and education spending. Indeed, universal healthcare would end or substantially reduce their deficit and possibly...

Happens in war. Nobody is saying the aircraft is untouchable. Just more likely to survive than the alternatives. And in this case, it brought the pilot home. That's the important part.

This is normal. The CAF doesn't run out to tell the press when members are hurt while deployed. The first priority is making sure they are okay. The second priority is informing the family. Close behind that is passing it up the government for any policy decisions (should they be pulled...

This is a bit long. But it's a unique take and adversely reflects some of the actual discussions inside government. This is a very different take on foreign policy than we are used to. We could become the arsenal of democracy.

Fairly sure they'll have to call it quits soon. Whether the IRGC agrees to stop fighting is another question.

Literally a feature they offer as a headline service. If you want war crimes committed against someone, just hire Russian mercenaries.

Now that they are actually hitting the Basij (the religious police), there's maybe a small non-zero chance. But it's probably like single digits. I suspect these people think all Middle Eastern countries are the same. They don't understand how diverse Iran is. And how that diversity plays...

Really being missed outside the region. I have family there. Worries about food and water security are much higher than oil infrastructure getting hit. Most of their food is imported. And most of their water is desalinated.

They never actually said they want to change the regime in Venezuela. They were sneaky like that. They just want their cut.

This is very much a double edged sword. It starves the regime of critical revenue. But oil prices would skyrocket to $150 overnight. And that might prompt China to actively start supplying Iran. There's real signs here that they absolutely ignored military advice. There's been rumours out...

Who knows. But this one to a wider problem than Ukraine. Putin's henchmen are a massive liability for the EU and NATO at large.

Two points. 1) When something is done and when it is publicly disclosed can be and usually are different timelines. Particularly for units actually deployed. 2) Our legal and ethical obligations don't change when deployed or attached to other militaries. So we can still refuse to share...

We've restricted sharing Intel with the US on the Caribbean for anything they can use on kinetic strikes. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/caribbean-drug-smuggling-us-coast-guard-9.7118203