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Very thoughtful article Peter, but I fear few will heed the wisdom of your words because of your political history. This, of course, confirms my own view of the deleterious effect of politics on society.
BUT U PETER WANTED 2 B THE 5-star general after u and George take over the country.
remember!!!!!!
Peter please tell Francis in private that the idea of an army is ill-conceived because he is aspiring to join your party to run the Central Castries seat.
castries
This was a real treat
Let's start with the minnow and work up to the whale.
I have yet to meet a Grenadian who was not fiercely nationalistic- I have met and worked alongside many
-all are oriented to do their best in the company of other nationals.
Perhaps the mood of Helen's secondary school teams experienced a lingering fugue or haze from the carnival season. Carnival preparation and ongoing celebration before during after;The most probably curtailed the DISCIPLINE of PRACTICE-PRACTICE And -PRACTICE some more.
The jails or hotel: We need to borrow the approach of China, Mexico and Turkish jails (you do not wish them on your worst enemy and you rather descend into Dante's Inferno -rathe than ever make a return stay.
I prefer the leasing of cheap land in nearby South America (OAS discount or even handout may be granted) for the building of a holistic penal colony that is well sectioned for varying types of inmates and their level of crminal offense.
It should also have an isolated Super Max compound for the truly seasoned, hardened criminal types.
Tech now allows satellite multimedia video conferencing for court hearings at a distance. Criminals wont have easy access to cell calls where they intimidate witnesses or conduct their illicit activities from jail.
Given the tropical location closer to the equator
-solar energy and year round farming makes said penal colony sustainable and extremely low overhead costs of maintenance.
Being away from the familiar also helps those who are capable of rehabilitation.
Finally, the whale
Costa Rica is the ONLY success story in post Spanish Colonial Central America (Panama does not count because it became a major US outpost and International sphere of real influence vis a viz the canal.
Costa Rica NEVER had an army -the only independent country in Spanish Latin America with that distinction. They passed along the savings into education. Take a peek at where Tech companies are investing using up local workforce too- yes Costa Rica.
Costa Rica also did not experience the violent political extremes as its other Post Spanish colonial peers....hmmmmm!
We should not dismiss the idea of an army without considering the role national security now plays in political and economic development.
If when well managed, an army serve as a training ground for future leaders. It can also help to build and spread national values.
Without reliable leadership and clearly understood national values, we are only wasting money on all the alternatives mentioned in the article.
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I strongly prefer a mandatory Cadet Corps (Secondary/Junior College)
The Canadian Cadet Corps has a remarkable paramilitary structure and training framework that we can emulate
This is more than adequate for the national emergency, proactive auxiliary to the constabulary and avenue for economic practicums. (e.g., escort of tourists in remote areas, monitoring remote sensors, surveillance of protected habitats etc)
Finally, our closest (culturally) sister isle (Dominica) offer two salient vignettes:f
1- The merits of Cadet service
2- What can easily go wrong with a standing army
In the first Pierre Charles was Cadet in the Dominica Cadet Corps who built on that cultivated discipline and national commitment to become prime minister who placed national service above his own health setbacks (in the US Army that would call for a Medal of Honor commendation
In the latter Dominica's experience with an army is summed thus:
After independence on November 3, 1978, the growing arrogance of the prime minister was surpassed only by the sense of elitism that was increasingly associated with the style and actions of the members of the Defence Force (ARMY). By that time, the main center of training had shifted away from Britain to Guyana, and a growing rift appeared between the Force and the police, who continued to be trained in Barbados and Britain. For the first time, Dominica was faced with the prospect of a highly politicized military force (ARMY). It (ARMY) was well armed and trained, and although it was paid for by the country's taxpayers, it was accountable to persons who were fast being discredited.
Following the removal of the John government in June 1979, the domestic situation remained tense because the Defence Force, (ARMY) widely assumed to favor the ousted regime, had not been disbanded.
On April 27, 1981, Droege and eight other men, including Canadian James Alexander McQuirter and American Don Black, who later founded the white nationalist website Stormfront, were arrested by federal agents in New Orleans as they prepared to board a boat with automatic weapons, shotguns, rifles, handguns, dynamite, ammunition, and a black and white Nazi flag.
The plan was to charter a boat to Dominica and rendezvous via rubber boats with John and his makeshift army.
The failure rate of ARMIES (major roles in COUPS -juntas and the usurping of democratic civilian rule here in the western hemisphere is 100%
IF YOU EXCLUDE USA CANADA
Only a Martian (Red Planet) would buy this Red Herring believing it to be premium Yellow Fin Tuna
here is a perfect full length movie for the Dr's progress
https://www.youtube.com/embed/oKmqRqY0RLg
Napoleon is my all time winner take all NARCISSIST with a Streak of Paranoia
what a complex -----dude
Josie:
I am startled at the revelation that an individual entity, more deranged than yourself, in the person of Pligrim inhabits this piece of Earth called Lucia.
This strange slave with roots in the back of what used to be called Victoria's Park, on Water works Rd. has succeeded in making this opinion piece of yours seem scholastic - Did this Neo colonialist suggest AN ARMY??
Josie, were you able to avoid the unwarranted criticism of Dr. Anthony for your selfish ends, I would have said this is the best opinion you have tendered to date.
Mickey, an Army to Fight and Kill WHO?? Americans?? I can't imagine it to be an Army to KILL the people of La Clery, or Marchand - what a frigging sicko! Mikey has made Peter Josie look like a goddamn SAINT and SCHOLAR.
....see. What is terribly lacking in the article is any quotes from Mikey!..did he stand naked in the boulevard to offer his suggestion?....
Given Mickey Pilgrim's track record?
in business (particularly) and in politics; nothing he says should be given any value.
Because he has no valuable whether for government or business.
And the business people know him very well, just as you Josie know him well in politics.
Given Mickey Pilgrim's track record?
in business (particularly) and in politics; nothing he says should be given any value.
Because he has no valuable whether for government or business.
And the business people know him very well, just as you Josie know him well in politics.
Pilgrim:
I begun to visualize St. Lucia, going into the jungles of Baboneau, and Morne du Don, with 100 M-! Abram Tanks, back up by artillery. 100 M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV), maybe 200 M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) This Infantry Carrier Vehicle provides protected transport and, during dismounted assault, supporting fire for the infantry squad. these vehicles would carry approximately 2000 soldiers to take-out the Soviets. Now we need air surport - 200 AH-64 Apache twin-engine attack helicopters, CH-47 Chinook twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopters, 1000 MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) system placed around the Hotels on the Island?
Pilgrim I just spent 4 trillion USdollars, we need another 7 trillion to get an Aircraft Carrier, I propose VAT be increased to 200 % of the cost of items. If it cost $100 tack on $200 and we pay $300 for a chicken leg? you need to be medicated quickly before you think you can walk on water and drown yourself Pilgrim.
....why does such a shallow article effects so much mental masturbation?...because Peter, likes it so!!
Mickey Pilgrim is a bloody waste.
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