Jascar said:
Military and security:
http://www.greenparty.ca/platform2004/en/policies.php?p=17
Foreign policy:
http://www.greenparty.ca/platform2004/en/policies.php?p=18
My take on the Greens is that they are incredibly idealistic but most of their policies fail the "pragmatism test".
Examples:
1) Green Foreign Policy - will only deploy on UN-sanctioned missions.
Problem: The UN is not a legitimate body.
2) Missile Defence - will not allow space-based weaponss
Problem: If North Korea launches a ballistic missile does it not pass through space in effect making it a space-based weapon?
In short, putting defensive weapons in space is a reasonable step to try to defend ourselves against would-be attackers
who do not share other's high moral standing.
3) Israel/Palestine: Advocate for the creation of viable and secure states for both Israelis and Palestinians.
Problem: This basically means bend the Israeli's over and force them to cede land regardless of the strategic or tactical
realities that they are neighbours with a group of people who would like nothing more than to finish the holocaust.
4) Insist that â Å“preventativeâ ? military actions will only increase the threat of terrorism.
Problem: That is just a dumb statement. Let's bury the PC issues here for a second and recognize that there are no pagan
terrorists, animalist terrorists and Jewish/Christian terrorists are few and far between. This is a primarily an Islamic issue.
If we had taken preventative action in Rwanda, would that have increased the likelihood of terrorism? Sorry, but this is
the kind of nonsense that pisses me off....
I could go on, but if you want to see the problem, check the Arts section where they talk about increased funding, the
Childcare section in which they propose a mandatory 32-hour workweek, the Energy Section on how they would halt
all offshore drilling for petroleum reserves and phase out nukes (which is nuts if you've done any research on electricity
generation)....
There are so many, I'm out of energy.
Bottom Line: These guys although well-intentioned need to be medicated.
Matthew.