On June 21st, 2016 The Globe and Mail published an article "Mulroney offers advice on jets, NATO Commitments". However, The Globe and Mail paper published the above article on June 20th, 2016 with a different title which says "Canada must do more to help NATO combat Russia threat, Mulroney says".
The point is not what the title says, the point is what paper is sought
to convey a message to readers. Coming to this point, does the article
resonate post 9/11 how politicians used fear of terrorism to encourage
us to go in war against Afghanistan, Iraq and other nations because they
posed threat to the national security of western nations? Does Russia
pose threat to sovereignty of Canada? Indeed, it does. All nations
around the world are dealing with security dilemma, and it is not unique
to Canada.
Canadians should not get panic that Russians are
invading Canada. They should ask themselves why should we listen to Mr.
Mulroney? Is it because of F - 35 deal that he is trying to convince the
PM Trudeau to buy them and not making the same mistake Canada did
during helicopter purchase in 1990s that he was trying to buy and Mr.
Chretien nullified the contract and cost more to taxpayers to buy them
in the long run?
The point of this paper is, not turning Russia
into a boogeyman, and allowing fear shapes public policies. But, to
think what is good for Canada. Perhaps, F - 22 airplanes should be
bought to defend national sovereignty of Canada. Last, we should make
Russia economic partner of Canada so this economic partnership would
deter Russia from invading Canada and moving toward political liberalism
and not political realism.
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