Comments on: Canadian Military and the Arctic http://citizenreporter.org/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/ Under-reported news + global concerns by a Portuguese-American, activist-journalist based in Amsterdam. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bicyclemark http://citizenreporter.org/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/comment-page-1/#comment-161578 bicyclemark Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:27:39 +0000 http://bicyclemark.org/blog/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/#comment-161578 woops haha. woops haha.

]]> By: richard http://citizenreporter.org/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/comment-page-1/#comment-161569 richard Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:54:21 +0000 http://bicyclemark.org/blog/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/#comment-161569 I believe Chris is referring to HARPER'S MAGAZINE, not Stephen Harper. The magazine has an article in it's Sep-07 issue on it's arctic aspirations. I believe Chris is referring to HARPER’S MAGAZINE, not Stephen Harper. The magazine has an article in it’s Sep-07 issue on it’s arctic aspirations.

]]> By: bicyclemark http://citizenreporter.org/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/comment-page-1/#comment-161568 bicyclemark Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:48:55 +0000 http://bicyclemark.org/blog/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/#comment-161568 Chris.. yeah I found some video on mr harpers website... good lord the man is fake and awkward. Amazing he got into office. Chris.. yeah I found some video on mr harpers website… good lord the man is fake and awkward. Amazing he got into office.

]]> By: bicyclemark http://citizenreporter.org/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/comment-page-1/#comment-161567 bicyclemark Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:47:32 +0000 http://bicyclemark.org/blog/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/#comment-161567 Thanks bro! Hmm Im cooking up a podcast on this issue... err.. more like working on a guest right now. Very sad to see what has happened.. but still hopeful it will pass. Thanks bro! Hmm Im cooking up a podcast on this issue… err.. more like working on a guest right now. Very sad to see what has happened.. but still hopeful it will pass.

]]> By: bicyclemark http://citizenreporter.org/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/comment-page-1/#comment-161566 bicyclemark Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:46:22 +0000 http://bicyclemark.org/blog/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/#comment-161566 Hi Rupert! glad to see such a familiar name in my comments (normally I see it in the twitter and other places) YOuve just brought up the deterrant theory than many military and political people believed in throughout the cold war. My issue with that is if you have a weapons build up and you leave control of those weapons in the hands of some leaders, there is always the extremely horrifying risk that one of these leaders becomes irrational or dangerous somehow (or drunk!) and launches an attack purposely or accidentally. The effects would be disastrous.. all made possible by the idea that looking tough and ALMOST going to war is a sustainable way of conducting foreign policy. So thats my issue with all this build up theyre doing. (or may do in the future) Hi Rupert! glad to see such a familiar name in my comments (normally I see it in the twitter and other places)
YOuve just brought up the deterrant theory than many military and political people believed in throughout the cold war.
My issue with that is if you have a weapons build up and you leave control of those weapons in the hands of some leaders, there is always the extremely horrifying risk that one of these leaders becomes irrational or dangerous somehow (or drunk!) and launches an attack purposely or accidentally. The effects would be disastrous.. all made possible by the idea that looking tough and ALMOST going to war is a sustainable way of conducting foreign policy. So thats my issue with all this build up theyre doing. (or may do in the future)

]]> By: Chris Weagel http://citizenreporter.org/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/comment-page-1/#comment-161564 Chris Weagel Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:20:19 +0000 http://bicyclemark.org/blog/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/#comment-161564 Mark, look through Harper's back issues. I think it was last summer they had a story about this subject, with the author joining some kind of Canadian military unit to the arctic. Mark, look through Harper’s back issues. I think it was last summer they had a story about this subject, with the author joining some kind of Canadian military unit to the arctic.

]]> By: josh http://citizenreporter.org/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/comment-page-1/#comment-161563 josh Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:15:36 +0000 http://bicyclemark.org/blog/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/#comment-161563 Hey bud... thought you might be interested in this... Blogs, SMS and the Kenyan Election http://inanafricanminute.blogspot.com/2008/01/blogs-sms-and-kenyan-election.html Hey bud…

thought you might be interested in this…

Blogs, SMS and the Kenyan Election
http://inanafricanminute.blogspot.com/2008/01/blogs-sms-and-kenyan-election.html

]]> By: Rupert http://citizenreporter.org/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/comment-page-1/#comment-161561 Rupert Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:23:51 +0000 http://bicyclemark.org/blog/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/#comment-161561 I'm about to move from the UK to Canada, and I've been following this, too. 'Defence' is an interesting concept. 'Arctic Cold War' seems fitting to me in more ways than one. You could almost look at the likely outcome in Cold War terms. The Russians are getting very busy showing off their military might again, testing the boundaries, not to mention laying direct claim to Arctic territory with their flag planting stunts. They appear so often to be so independent of international consensus and so full of pride that I can well see how Canada and America can justify their actions as 'defence'. Add to that the natural resources and potential for commercial exploitation of a shipping route, and there's a lot at stake. But if all sides show maximum strength, perhaps what we'll be left with is an unhealthy but functioning stalemate, where North Americans will control one side of the commercial waterways and the Russians the other. But what do I know? Not much. I’m about to move from the UK to Canada, and I’ve been following this, too.
‘Defence’ is an interesting concept.
‘Arctic Cold War’ seems fitting to me in more ways than one. You could almost look at the likely outcome in Cold War terms. The Russians are getting very busy showing off their military might again, testing the boundaries, not to mention laying direct claim to Arctic territory with their flag planting stunts. They appear so often to be so independent of international consensus and so full of pride that I can well see how Canada and America can justify their actions as ‘defence’.
Add to that the natural resources and potential for commercial exploitation of a shipping route, and there’s a lot at stake.
But if all sides show maximum strength, perhaps what we’ll be left with is an unhealthy but functioning stalemate, where North Americans will control one side of the commercial waterways and the Russians the other.
But what do I know? Not much.

]]> By: Military Blog Updates » Canadian Military and the Arctic http://citizenreporter.org/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/comment-page-1/#comment-161560 Military Blog Updates » Canadian Military and the Arctic Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:47:22 +0000 http://bicyclemark.org/blog/2008/01/canadian-military-and-the-arctic/#comment-161560 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

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