Re: Now THAT is not an issue
We know damned well that Al Quaeda is a hate-filled organization bent on murdering non-muslims, including Canadians. The issue is how much military spending is enough?
Taken from another direction, logically, Al Quaeda numbers a few thousand -- they had influence in Afghanistan, but they have no hope of ever taking over a NATO country. Their cause is totally *hopeless*.
I've read in the past that the USSR crumbled because it could not afford the military expenditures necessary to compete with the western capitalist countries. Perhaps we should learn from them, and put a cap on our military expenditures before they bankrupt our economies.