YOU SAID IT: We are doomed, not domed

WE ARE DOOMED, NOT DOMED

Re: Path cleared for Canada to take part in Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield, online, Aug. 7

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s Dome of No Confidence is his glitzy copy of Israel’s Iron Dome air defence.

But like that old Get Smart TV comedy parodying the special agent movie genre, secret agent Maxwell Smart (who was not so smart) used the Cone of Silence devised by the Washington-based counter espionage agency CONTROL to fight KAOS, the international agency of evil. Now we have Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield to protect North America.

Delete that word “North.” It will protect only America, meaning the U.S.A. All the debris from engaging incoming missiles will fall on Canada. We catch all the crap.

And our latest minister of defence, David McGullible (sic) McGuinty of that Liberals Forever Family, after a tour of the underground NORAD base in Colorado, thinks this is A-OK. We are doomed, not “domed.”

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Here we go again. As with trade, so with defence. After the examples of Afghanistan and Ukraine, why would you ever depend on the U.S. to defend you?

Trump stated it will cost Canada $61 billion U.S. to join his proposed system. This plus sticking with the U.S.-controlled F-35 fighter jets will complete our reliance on Trump-A-Merica as they kick us in the slats on trade. O Canada!

DYAN CROSS
OTTAWA

SAGE ADVICE

I was reflecting on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent answer when asked about meeting with that diabolical, dictatorial demagogue now ensconced in the White House. Carney’s reply was, “We’ll meet when it makes sense.”

Almost immediately I was reminded of that old sage advice: “Never get in a pissing contest with a skunk.” To put it another way, when dealing with a snarling, rabid dog, don’t reach out and pet it; step back and throw it a bone of your choosing while you wait for sanity to prevail.

LLOYD ATKINS
VERNON, B.C.

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