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You people seem to be holding Canada to an astoundingly high standard of perfection.

Daylia, the lesson to be taken from Somalia is that Canada did something about it. Those men were punished even though that 16 year old was one of hundreds thieves who were trying to steal food slated to be given to those less fortunate. What they did was wrong but most other countries would not have punished then and certainly would not have disbanded the regiment.

No Little Hawk I didn't mention that the West would have also pushed East if it were not for the Soviets. But the West Germany, France, Belgium etc are out Allies, we were sworn to protect them.

Point by Point.
1. The states of the Balkins have experienced hundreds of years of near constant fighting. The only thing that kept "Peace" from 1945 to 1989 was the dictatorship of Marsha, Tito, The UN went in there to disarmthem and bring peace. The use of uranium ammunition is very questionable, but the only reason for UN involvement was Peace and stability.

2. Those states were not the borders of Russia, they were the borders of the Russian Empire. In 1866 the Border between canada and the US was not the British border

3. There are thousands of such plans covering every possible situation. What is your point?   

4. The first Gulf war was supported by the Russians.

5. There weren't any countries in the Middle East before Britian defeated the Turks. The tribes on the Arabian Peninsula were contantly fighting over water and treasure, killing one another and taking slaves. One of the problems with stability in the Middle East is that the countries are so new. For something to be destabilized it has to be stable in the first place. The last time these places were stable was just befor the British governors left. Do you think they should still be under occupation to preserve their stability?

6. The erosion of the "safety net" has nothing to do with the conflict with the Soviets.

Little Hawk, Al Capone and Lucky Luciano? I guess you are exaggerating to make your point? :) It is the real world. I am proud of the choices Canada has made.