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Originally posted by Iron_Ranger:
Also thought I would through this in, there was a former goverment offical on Fox News who was talking about Canadas military, and said something like "Canadas Military is falling apart, because the goverment doesnt pay enough attention to it, they dont see a need because America does it all."
That left me pretty speechless.
And BTW, I know I probably spelled his name wrong, and probably mis quoted the goverment offical pretty bad. But hey, I got my point across. I hope.
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Yeah, well Chretien's an idiot.
Let me tell you the Story of the EH-101...this was slated to be the replacement for the aging (and falling apart) Sea King helicopters the Canadian Armed Forces have been forced to make do with for years. Unfortunately, the Conservative government just previous to the current Liberal government was responsible for starting the program, and of course the Liberals just couldn't accept THAT! So they cancelled it...to the tune of a $500 million penalty, and they STILL have to find a replacement because the Sea Kings are literally a pile of loose parts flying in close formation. So now the Liberals have to scramble to replace the EH-101 with something else.
Guess what they end up with? The exact same helicopter, from the exact same manufacturer, with LESS capability for MORE money! Not only that, but the program will be delayed for an additional five years because it was cancelled...what a bunch of knobs...