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    "Send Up The Count" [Please read and send out the word]

    At this time of year, if you're having a really, really tough time, you're not alone. You may have heard of people who hurt so much, who thought they had so little to look forward to, that the world would be better off without them. If you're so down on yourself that there seems to be no other...
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    Sovereignty Requires More Than Lip Service

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca Sovereignty Requires More Than Lip Service Canada’s Arctic has been in the news again. It has been suggested that climate change will reduce the range of threats to our sovereignty over Arctic waters because they (Canadian waters, per se) are less...
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    Prognostications: 2009- M to Z

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca Prognostications: 2009 – M to Z Military Service – in Canada the public’s perception military service has, broadly, alternated between a few brief periods of near adulation and the more common long periods of public indifference verging on disdain...
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    Prognostication: 2009- A to L

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca Prognostication: 2009 ‘Tis the season for prognostication, and the Ruxted Group, after a long vacation, cannot resist. Herewith, in alphabetical order, are a few disconnected thoughts on 2009, and beyond: Afghanistan – will not go away. The 2011...
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    Ruxted Says "Lawrence Martin is Out to Lunch"

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca Lawrence Martin is Out to Lunch In a recent Globe and Mail column Lawrence Martin, with whom The Ruxted Group has disagreed in the past, once again demonstrates his abysmal ignorance of matters military.  This time it is on several levels. First is the...
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    Therein Lies The Problem

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca Therein Lies The Problem "Canada's strengths are not in its military force,'' he [Mohamed Boudjenane of the Canadian Arab Federation and NDP member of the Ontario legislature for Etobicoke North.] said. "Let's not (kid) ourselves -- we're not a power.”...
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    Saving NATO II

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca Saving NATO II A deeply divided NATO held ministerial level meetings recently with a Canadian threat to withdraw from Afghanistan hanging over its head. Prime Minister Harper has, correctly in The Ruxted Group’s estimation, suggested that "NATO's own...
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    Saving NATO?

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca Saving NATO? The Ruxted Group believes that the Report of the Independent Panel on Canada’s Future Role in Afghanistan (hereafter the Manley Report or just the Report) makes two vital points: First (as we said just a few days ago): Prime Minister Harper...
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    The Manley Report- Ruxted Responds

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca The Manley Report The Report of the Independent Panel on Canada’s Future Role in Afghanistan (hereafter the Manley Report or just the Report) has been published, and Ruxted is, generally, pleased with the results.  In particular, we are happy to see...
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    No Security Without Combat

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca No Security Without Combat The debate on Canada's role in Afghanistan rages on.  Ruxted would be prepared to accept arguments that Canada needs to wind down its battle group between November 2009 and August 2010 in order to ensure forces are available for...
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    Another New Year’s Resolution

    Link to oricinal article on ruxted.ca Another New Year’s Resolution About a year ago we offered the Government of Canada and the political opposition a New Year’s Resolution. Specifically we challenged the government to do three things: “First: the Government of Canada, not just DND, needs to...
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    Twelve Christmas Wishes

    Link to original article on Ruxted.ca Twelve Christmas Wishes A couple of weeks ago we began thinking about what we might get some of our favourite people over the “Twelve Days of Christmas.” Here’s our list 1. For our gracious sovereign, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her lawful heirs and...
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    Helicopters and Money

    Link to original article on Ruxted.ca Helicopters and Money In a recent article The Ruxted Group said: “At a minimum The Ruxted Group believes we need four brigades – that’s 35-50 armoured (tank), reconnaissance, artillery, engineer, signals/electronic warfare, infantry, aviation, medical...
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    Making “3D” Work

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca Making “3D” Work By now most Canadians have heard that Canada is pursuing a 3D – Defence, Diplomacy and Development – strategy in Afghanistan. In an April 2004 speech at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, NB, Prime Minister Paul Martin explained Canada’s 3D...
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    Fight and Win

    Link to original article on Ruxted.ca Fight and Win In a recent Globe and Mail column Jeffrey Simpson makes a series of points, including: 1. Canada became involved in Kandahar without, at the highest levels of government, thinking things through. Now there is no easy way out; 2. No NATO...
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    Capabilities and Money

    Link to original article Capabilities and Money In several recent articles,1 especially A Look to the Future The Ruxted Group has discussed the sorts of capabilities that, in our view, Canada needs to protect and promote its vital interests around the world. This is rather dull stuff and...
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    We agree, again

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca We agree, again About six months ago The Ruxted Group was pleasantly surprised to find that we and the Senlis Council were in rough accord on the need for more development in Afghanistan, delivered in a more effective manner. Once again we find ourselves...
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    The Ruxted Group: Submission to the Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca The Ruxted Group’s Submission to the Independent Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan The Independent Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan invited public submission because, it said: "An important contribution to their analysis is input...
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    Shame on Lawrence Martin’s Unnamed Official

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca Shame on Lawrence Martin’s Unnamed Official The Ruxted Group pays careful attention to Globe and Mail columnist Lawrence Martin; he is well connected in Ottawa and offers penetrating insights about Canadian politics. We have taken issue with him, however...
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    Politics, the Military and the Media

    Link to original article on ruxted.ca Politics, the Military and the Media Many column inches in the print media and even more gigahertz of bandwidth in the electronic media have been expended on parsing Gen. Rick Hillier’s recent comments about how long it might take to make the Afghan...
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