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Don Martin and Lawrence Martin, two of the most prominent, most experienced journalists in the Ottawa Press Gallery. If they are the cream of the crop, I'd hate to taste the curds.
First, Lawrence Martin.
http://ipolitics.ca/2011/07/08/lawrence-martin-the-new-hawks-of-the-western-world/
Militarism? Has mass conscription been enacted? Are there tanks surrounding Parliament Hill?
I think he means, offering condolences to the families of fallen soldiers.
A zillion dollars? How much is a zillion anyways? Martin is supposed to be a serious journalist, not a Valley Girl.
Defense spending is expected to a rise slowly over the next few years. We'd need huge increases every year to get anywhere close to the Pentagon.
Now for Don Martin.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110707/don-martin-afghanistan-canadian-military-110707/
How will the end of the mission result in boot camp boredom?
Funding estimates foresee positive growth in future defense spending.
War as an Austin Powers movie?
Whoa, talk about sensationalistic reporting.
And here's senior Toronto Star commentator Thomas Walkom. He says we went into Afghanistan to ensure just in time delivery of auto parts.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1021275--walkom-assessing-the-brutal-pointless-afghan-war#article
First, Lawrence Martin.
http://ipolitics.ca/2011/07/08/lawrence-martin-the-new-hawks-of-the-western-world/
Behold the new Canadian militarism. It’s everywhere.
Militarism? Has mass conscription been enacted? Are there tanks surrounding Parliament Hill?
Hardly a week goes by without the government gushing about our troops
I think he means, offering condolences to the families of fallen soldiers.
The government is moving ahead on the purchase of the zillion-dollar F-35 super jets
A zillion dollars? How much is a zillion anyways? Martin is supposed to be a serious journalist, not a Valley Girl.
we’re trying to build a Pentagon-styled war machine.
Defense spending is expected to a rise slowly over the next few years. We'd need huge increases every year to get anywhere close to the Pentagon.
Now for Don Martin.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110707/don-martin-afghanistan-canadian-military-110707/
The new enemy is boot camp boredom
How will the end of the mission result in boot camp boredom?
the likely result is the return to a military funding decade of semi-darkness.
Funding estimates foresee positive growth in future defense spending.
Now in the post-Afghanistan era, Canada's armed forces have lost their mojo
War as an Austin Powers movie?
But ripping the guts out of the front-line battalions
put Canada's military into a tailspin
another 9-11 attack.
Whoa, talk about sensationalistic reporting.
And here's senior Toronto Star commentator Thomas Walkom. He says we went into Afghanistan to ensure just in time delivery of auto parts.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1021275--walkom-assessing-the-brutal-pointless-afghan-war#article