But Mush Martin, Sun Tzu also said:
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To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.
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Both you and Kapitan neglect the economic clout that Canada has. I used a smiling emoticon when I mentioned turning off the electricity but it's really no joke; as was said in the terror-free oil threat, the U.S. imports the most oil from Canada.
Do you believe that the only way for Canada to be a serious world player is for the CF to double in size? Security advisors south of the border are quite vocally pushing for decreased reliance on foreign oil. Iran quite astutely knows the power of this:
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Originally Posted by Gulf Daily News
"Given Iran's authority over the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway to more than 40 per cent of the world's energy, we have become so strong that the world's economic and energy security are in the hands of Iran," deputy Basij commander General Majid Mir Ahmadi was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.
"We can exert pressure on the US and British economies as much as we ourselves are put under pressure," he said.
"US allies, especially those who host US military sites or facilitate American strategies against us, are exposed to our threat," Mir Ahmadi added.
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About a week after this article is published, USS John C. Stennis departs from its homeport to form a strike group eventually bound for the Persian Gulf. Now then, I believe you mentioned something about not measuring international influence with oil?
Trade is a monumental trump card for Canada. We should be funding our forces enough that they don't need to cancel exercises or retire perfectly good aircraft, but the doubling of the CF is really unnecessary.