Section: US & Canada
Canada sending military trainers to train Ukrainian troops, joining US and British efforts
Canada will send 200 military trainers to Ukraine, joining the U.S. and Britain in an effort to shore up the eastern European country’s battered forces. …read more Source: FOX...
Marginalize Mideast; End-Stage Childlessness
The metastasizing Mideast chaos and violence have shown yet again the limitations of American power there. We’re backing and opposing groups in a fluctuating toxic religious, ethnic, tribal and national stew and frequently contradicting ourselves as we do. Some neo-cons want us to go in with massive military intervention. We tried that. Now...
Canada to train Ukrainian combat troops
OTTAWA – Canada will send 200 military trainers to Ukraine, joining the U.S. and Britain in an international effort to shore up the eastern European country’s battered and bloodied combat forces. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defence Minister Jason Kenney announced the long-anticipated move Tuesday at National Defence headquarters. The...
Canada rushing 200 troops to Ukraine to help counter ‘Putin regime’s ongoing aggression,’ Stephen Harper says
Ottawa — Canada will send 200 troops to Ukraine for the next two years to help train military forces in that country, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday. Harper made the announcement at National Defence Headquarters and was joined by Defence Minister Jason Kenney and Gen. Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff. The development was...
Canada to join U.S. effort to train Ukrainian troops
Canada will send 200 military trainers to Ukraine, joining the U.S. and Britain in an international effort to shore up the eastern European country’s battered and bloodied combat forces. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defence Minister Jason Kenney announced the long-anticipated move Tuesday at National Defence headquarters. The troops...
Don’t Underestimate NATO, German Minister Says on Baltic Visit
Germany’s defense minister said on Tuesday that nobody should underestimate NATO’s rapid response capacity, which has been ratcheted up in response to worries about Russia’s military ambitions after its actions in Ukraine. Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen said in Russia’s neighbor Estonia, whose president fears the...
Canada expected to train Ukrainian soldiers
Canada preparing to join U.S. and British in training Ukrainian troops …read more Source:...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages on overnight despite talks
Intense fighting in eastern Ukraine reported overnight despite Ukraine-Russia talks …read more Source:...
Canada to send military troops to Ukraine as trainers: Harper
Canada will send 200 troops to Ukraine for the next two years to help train military forces in that country, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday. Harper made the announcement at National Defence Headquarters and was joined by Defence Minister Jason Kenney and Gen. Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff. The development was the latest...
The world sees Putin as the most influential person
The man who launched the internet into a frenzy after a mysterious 10-day absence, illegally annexed the Ukrainian peninsula Crimea, engineered a civil war in Ukraine, and just solid advanced missile systems to Iran has been voted the world’s most influential person by TIME readers. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the indisputable...
