Ah crap. Solar panels & wind turbines aren’t going to cut in this scenario. That’s ugly, with the 48hr max clock ticking….
Omnibus Russia Ukraine crisis
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A clearer picture of Canada’s war-fighting strategy emerged this week during the dramatic eastward advance of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Operation Photo Opportunity. In the rumble of the hit-and-run media-availability event across Europe, word came at last from the tip of the spear aimed at Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, in Latvia.
During his review of the troops mobilized in Latvia under Operation Reassurance, the prime minister further revealed that the Canadian-led NATO deployment there, which Trudeau actually inherited from his ghastly Conservative predecessor Stephen Harper, would not be ordered to retreat. The deployment will stay on in the Baltics, and better than that, its troop strength of up to 915 soldiers, sailors and air force personnel will be soon joined by another 460 Canadian Forces troops.
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Canada will be coming up with an extra $3 million. “We need to stand up for truth and be vigilant against disinformation that tries to mislead us, and more, tries to divide us,” Trudeau said. This is heartening. Perhaps it will go some way to offset the grant money the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces’ brass have been doling out to the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI) — a peculiar Ottawa think-tank with an overweening interest in telling the other side of the story, as these things are often described — the “side” of the story that Beijing, Tehran and Moscow want you to believe.
Just this past Friday, for instance, the CFPI hosted a webinar it called “A discussion on Russia’s invasion, NATO’s provocation, the economic interests & Canada’s complicity in escalating the crisis.” Odd crowd for Canada’s military establishment to be spending money on, you could say. Sunny ways I suppose.
Odd, too, the repeated refrain from Trudeau, Anand and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, always a lot of standing, as in standing united and standing with allies and standing with Ukraine, and the tautologies are plain weird. “Canada and its allies are united” keeps coming up. Allies, by definition, are “united”; it’s why they’re called “allies.” It’s almost as though Trudeau and his ministers feel the need to go out of their way to persuade the Americans and the Europeans that we’re on the same side. We are. “Let there be no mistake.”
During his review of the troops mobilized in Latvia under Operation Reassurance, the prime minister further revealed that the Canadian-led NATO deployment there, which Trudeau actually inherited from his ghastly Conservative predecessor Stephen Harper, would not be ordered to retreat. The deployment will stay on in the Baltics, and better than that, its troop strength of up to 915 soldiers, sailors and air force personnel will be soon joined by another 460 Canadian Forces troops.
Terry Glavin: Trudeau combats Russia's invasion of Ukraine with Operation Photo-Op — National Post
The PM and his war council seek to reassure Ukrainians that yes, despite appearances, Canada is on their side
Just this past Friday, for instance, the CFPI hosted a webinar it called “A discussion on Russia’s invasion, NATO’s provocation, the economic interests & Canada’s complicity in escalating the crisis.” Odd crowd for Canada’s military establishment to be spending money on, you could say. Sunny ways I suppose.
Odd, too, the repeated refrain from Trudeau, Anand and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, always a lot of standing, as in standing united and standing with allies and standing with Ukraine, and the tautologies are plain weird. “Canada and its allies are united” keeps coming up. Allies, by definition, are “united”; it’s why they’re called “allies.” It’s almost as though Trudeau and his ministers feel the need to go out of their way to persuade the Americans and the Europeans that we’re on the same side. We are. “Let there be no mistake.”
British soldiers taking it upon themselves to help Ukraine
Hey T-bones would the Warthog fair better than the Russian version Frogfoot?
Hey T-bones would the Warthog fair better than the Russian version Frogfoot?
Let's keep the system together and do as Kobzar commanded - Let's fight and fight !!! Tactical Aviation Brigade of Vasylkiv