… and the Liberals bought what they thought we deserved.
From the very day the now mercifully tossed-out on their large rears Liberal government announced the purchase of what the Liberals called “naval submarines”, I have always called them “pieces of used junk”, preferring the more accurate description where possible.
And I thought that story—that ridiculous purchase of used equipment rather than pride-inducing state-of-the-art new equipment (sorely needed in today’s war against terrorism), lent itself very well to what I’ve also called various liberal-left’s treasonous machinations of our nation’s security and defences. It typified the stupidity, the denial of reality, and plain simple callous disregard for our national defences —by the liberal-left.
I’m not sure the good Greg Weston of the good Toronto Sun agrees with my characterization of liberals’ “treason”, in this case, but he certainly agrees with my take on the “pieces of junk”.
His column at the Toronto Sun (Sun Media Group) today brings us up-to-date on the now increasingly pathetic “junk” saga.
Submarines sinking in a sea of red ink
The four submarines Canada bought from Britain in 1998 have turned from a bargain into a fleet of white elephants, reports Greg Weston
This weekend’s tour of the federal funny farm takes us to the Department of National Defence, home to one of the world’s only submarine fleets stationed predominantly on dry land.
According to the latest naval intelligence, or lack thereof, three of Canada’s four illustrious subs are now high and dry and diving into a sea of red ink in various coastal shipyards.
One of the subs has been in the repair shop in Halifax for three years, another won’t be wet again until at least 2008, and the third one will be lucky to see the ocean floor before 2013.
The only member of this unique landlubbing fleet still in service, the Windsor, is also being hauled out of the water in 2007 for an estimated three years of repair and refit.
As if Canadian taxpayers could ever forget, these are the four used rust buckets that Jean Chretien’s government cleverly bought from the British navy for $811 million in 1998.
In the exact words of then Liberal defence minister Art Eggleton: “These submarines are a great purchase for Canada.”
Unfortunately, Canadian defence officials apparently never questioned why the Brits were so eager to unload their barely-used vessels at such bargain-basement prices.
As usual, we got what we paid for.
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