Greenwald on the recent terror attack: Canada had it coming. They were wallowing in war glory

[Luminous Animal]

211. Indeed. Let's ignore those ships in the gulf. Face it. You've blood on your hands & you are lackies

to the U.S.

That is my description and it is 100% factually correct.

Furthermore,

Canada Day in Harperland: Militarism, militarism, militarism
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2014/07/canada-day-harperland-militarism-militarism-militarism

The NHL and the New Canadian Militarism
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-nhl-and-the-new-canadian-militarism

Harper promotes Canadian militarism
http://yvesengler.com/2013/08/16/harper-promotes-canadian-militarism/

Let's Talk about Creeping Canadian Militarism
http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/05/23/CanMilitarism/

Militarism on rise in Conservative Canada
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/07/27/yves-engler-militarism-on-rise-in-conservative-canada/

Six and half years into Harper’s Conservative government Canada has become so militaristic that the head of the armed forces can demand a new war and few bat an eye.

The Chief of the Defence Staff’s warmongering is the logical outgrowth of the Conservatives’ bid to make Canadian society more militaristic. During the Conservatives’ first six years in office the military budget increased from $15 billion to $23 billion and the number of troops rose by about one quarter to 95,000. The special forces, which Ottawa can deploy abroad in total secrecy, more than doubled.

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By setting up overseas bases and increasing the military’s size, the Conservatives are preparing for future wars. They’ve also built the cultural and ideological foundation for constant war. In one of innumerable examples, the updated 2011 citizenship handbook Discover Canada: the Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship praised this country’s military history with more than a dozen photos depicting war or armed forces personnel.

Similarly, over the past few years soldiers have regularly appeared at major sporting events rappelling down from the rafters or in sombre moments of silence for the fallen. Incredibly, reports Embassy, the Canadian Forces admit to having spent $353.6 million and directed 661 staff members to promoting their work in 2010-11.

The Conservatives’ militarism is unrelenting. After waging war in Libya they organized an $850,000 nationally televised celebration for Canada’s “military heroes”, which included flyovers from a dozen military aircraft. Harper told the 300 military personnel brought in from four bases: “We are celebrating a great military success. Soldier for soldier, sailor for sailor, airman for airman, the Canadian Armed Forces are the best in the world.”