David Frum
Posted on 03/18/2009 4:03:20 PM PDT by Checkers
Greg Gutfeld takes the challenge: Can Fox produce a show that anticipates a SNL parody of Fox? The panel discusses the question: should the US invade Canada… and produces something almost as hilarious as the old Half Hour News Hour.
UPDATE:
The clip in question is a sequence of goofs about the feebleness, uselessness and absurdity of the Canadian Armed Forces. Why would I call that dumb? Here's why, courtesy of CanWest News. Sorry I disrespected your show, RedEye fans - but you disrespected the dead. --David Frum
(Excerpt) Read more at newmajority.com ...
Knew you would enjoy this one. ;)
Could care less what David Frum says or thinks. He is just a DemocRAT parading around with the Republicans. He should be shunned.
And if you disagree, then you sir are worse than Hitler.
Most of Frum’s article is a list of the 111 Canadians killed in Afghanistan.
If the video just mocked our contribution, he was right to point it out.
OTOH, Frum is the spawn of the CBC, and I don't trust his motives.
He's trying to attack you folks as a Canadian, instead of as a Conservative.
He's hoping he can earn a living here, by attacking Americans, because he blew his chance to make a good name for himself in the US.
Thanks for the ping!
Red Eye is the best show on television hands down and there will be no debate on how awesome Gutfeld is.
What did you think of my idea as to a gift that we could send to Canadia?
OMG.
This show has no ratings, right?
What bunk!
They need to read Ultimatum by Richard Rohner.
It turns out rather poorly for the US. And it's a fairly believable scenario.
You are missing the point and the context. Canada's military has become a joke, despite the individual sacrifice of its members. This is what prompted the satire:
Forces needs a year off to recover: Army chief AFGHANISTAN: Mission has taken its toll
" We are not growing as fast as we would have wanted," he said, noting the land forces are short 600 to 700 people. "An army needs a constant stream of young men and women who are willing to carry a rifle and go off and do the sorts of things we're doing now."
Even ex-soldiers are being courted to return and join the war in Afghanistan. The personnel shortage and equipment that requires constant maintenance have taken a heavy toll, said Leslie. "Beginning in July 2011, we will have to explore the possibility of taking a short operational break, that is well-organized and synchronized, of at least one year,'' he said
The Canadian Defense forces are today funded by approximately $19 billion annually, and are presently ranked 46th in size compared to the world's other armed forces, and 55th in terms of active personnel, standing at a population of roughly 65,000, not including the 26,000 reservists.
that's right. The total active duty military forces of Canada for all services, land, sea, and air is about 65,000!!! This is made possible because the US is footing the bill to provide the Canadian security umbrella. Canada is spending 1.1% of its GDP on defense, which places it at 132nd in the world.
No one is disrespecting the 112 Canadian soldiers, one diplomat and two aid workers who have been killed since the Canadian military deployed to Afghanistan in early 2002. But Canada is a rich nation of almost 35 million. The idea that its land forces can take a year off from operational duties to recover is ludicrous on the face of it.
What is really being made a mockery of is the disproportioinate sacrifice of US blood and treasure around the world to defend the free world. The rest of the world has been on security welfare at our expense. Unfortunately, we won't be able to afford to do it much longer as our economy slides into the ditch and the entitlement programs will force us to cut back on defense spending. We can no longer afford the guns and butter. Some hard choices will have to be made.
Rohner should be Rohmer.
In that book, we win, again?
Why scrimp? Let's tie a ribbon around David Frum and send him back to them.
Yes, indeed. The US goes in totally unprepared for any resistance. They pay a big price at the Toronto Airport. A fascinating book.
How many Canadians went to Iraq?
Yeah, yeah. Okay. Got it. Thanks for setting me straight.
Now, what did you think of my idea as to the gift I suggested?
(I'm starting to think I should've provide some sort of link to the reason I used that particular gift idea. )
I'm okay with that. What did you think of my gift suggestion?
David Frum
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