text: I agree. The government has punted the costs to far enough down the road that it won't happen while keeping up an aggressive tone that looks silly after seeing their plan. Our allies that protect us expect that Canada will contribute to it's own defense. We risk losing them if we can't get our act together.
  
  That's to say nothing of giving our brave men and women in uniform the tools they need to do the most dangerous job on the planet. We've learned nothing from the debacle of the Afghanistan deployment.