Originally Posted by CDN_Stalker (Post 1475227)

Chretien swept it under the rug, is all he did. Liberal governments always considered the military as the thorn in their side, is why they always fucked them over since Trudeau. Am happy to see the military thriving, and the Liberals on life support now, it looks good on them both respectively.



Tough question to answer, but can anyone in our military afford to risk their lives further by continuing to fly in 1960s Sea Kings? If the Liberals had it their way they'd buy 20 year old Hornets to replace our 30 year old Hornets, and face replacing them in 10 years. The government's F-35 plan is based over a 30 year life span, starting in 2016. So how is that more expensive than constantly retrofitting 50 year old helicopters and upgrading/repairing 30 year old jets?

Originally Posted by FoxhoundNB (Post 1475253)

Only if you're American.