I remember when the west was worth fighting for
NATO is losing their proxy war with Russia. Most countries are quietly trying to ignore this humiliating defeat and distance themselves from the war. Within most of those countries though there are still politicians pushing to expand the war by sending their own troop to the Ukraine. There are 2 obvious problems with this strategy however.
- NATO has no weapons; their armories are empty. We have already sent everything we had to Ukraine. The weapons that Ukraine did not sell on the black market have all been either used or destroyed by Russia. The weapons that were sold on the black market to our enemies are now causing new tensions in the Middle East. New wars that we also don’t have resources to deal with.
- NATO also has no soldiers. Every NATO country is finding it difficult to recruit new soldiers.
Recruitment is a long-term issue for the British military, with deteriorating pay and conditions, and even quality of life issues like a sustained loss of traditions in recent decades running down the factors that help bring in new troops and retain them.
Recruitment shortages are relatively new phenomena. In the not too distant past it was not difficult for any western country to find patriotic volunteers. Those days are over and the overgrown children running NATO countries are searching for answers. Their dedicated search is, as per usual, ignoring the bloody obvious; Western Countries are no longer worth fighting for.
Why would anyone fight for a country like Canada where the only thing that concerns the government is the perception of corruption and not the actual corruption?
Canada faces “increased perceptions of corruption,” a new Department of Public Safety report says.
“Gaining and retaining public trust remains an ongoing challenge for institutions in Canada,” then-ethics commissioner Mario Dion wrote in his 2020 Annual Report to Parliament.
Destroying the perception of corruption is easy, just end the corruption. And, while you are at it, why not re-institute rule of law that was destroyed to facilitate corruption? Military recruiting might not be so difficult if we did not trample peaceful protesters with horses while we let violent protesters victimize whoever they want.
Pro-Hamas protests have been permitted to block traffic, close stores and frighten patrons and owners, and vandalize property. And now we have explicit death threats in front of inert useless cops. Which alienates decent citizens without winning over thugs wrecking kids’ visits to Santa.
The financial corruption that the Trudeau liberals are up to their necks in would never have been possible without judicial corruption. For decades Canada has been appointing left wing activists as judges. Activists who believe their job is to ignore law when it gets in the way of their social engineering.
As Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin once burbled, “My job is simply to listen to what the parties have to say, and to do my best to understand the position, the ramifications of deciding one way or the other, to think about what’s best for Canadian society on this particular problem that’s before us.”
Not about what the law says, or precedent, or those silly old individual rights. “What’s best for Canadian society on this particular problem.” Judges are social engineers, and police are sociologists with sidearms. Death to Jews.
Every institution in Canada is hopelessly corrupt and Canada is no different than all the other woke western countries. They all suffer under bloated governments who abandoned the idea of serving the people long ago. Western governments are full of people who serve themselves and have corrupted every institution during their quest for personal financial gain.
Changing the politicians will not change the outcome. The roots are rotten. We need to eliminate it all and start over fresh. The courts, bureaucrats, and politicians it all has to go. We need to start over with far less governments and rules that make it difficult for corruption to take root again. Barring that we will never have anything worth fighting for.
One of your best monologues Richard. You voiced my views and thoughts exactly as if you had read my mind. And I venture that goes for many other Canadians, but sadly not the majority.
Keep it coming, it is appreciated.