Canadian Forces Ban Vote at the UVSS AGM

The vote and reaction to it at the October 25, 2007 UVSS AGM. :)

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News & Politics

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[johnowenD]

Majority 1 Fringe Fascist Hippy Minority 0

[Carbon14a]

If you do some REAL research you'll see those conspiracy theories are full of holes. The Trans-Afghanistan pipeline that is often cited doesn't exist and is not being built. Its only a proposal. Its unlikely it will ever be built. The idea that the war was started to build a natural gas pipeline (not even an oil pipeline) is ludicrous.

I have no problem with people who question the war. The problem I have is with people who refuse to listen to the answers.

[mulattoraver]

If the UVSS allows cut-throat credit card companies on campus then why not the people that protect the luxury of making military service an elective. There are a lot of countries where the people aren't that lucky. I'm greatful, but I'll NEVER sign up. Kudos to people for standing up for what they believe in. I applaud both sides of the vote. You're both right; you're both wrong and the world keeps turning with Canadians hanging on for dear life.

[bjwlsy]

...whoops, i think you're missing a bit of the back-story here/getting confused by the title... this vote was in response to a ban on military recruits at the University of Victoria and, you're quite right, the vote itself went off without a hitch. :)

[DWGarvin]

Nobody banned any vote. To me, it looked as though a vote was held. Just because the vote didn't go a certain way does it mean that anyone banned it. The CF is about enabling votes, not about banning them...

[Carbon14a]

Oil from the Caspian Sea already goes through the brand new Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Theres no need to go though Afghanistan. And I'm telling you the TAP isn't being built. You're looking at data several years old. TAP is a pipe-dream.

[12233445566abc]

There is more oil and gas in the Caspian Sea area than in Saudi Arabia ($6 Trillion dollars worth), but you need a pipeline through Afghanistan to get the oil out. The neo-cons all have blatant connections to Big Oil - Haliburton (Cheney), Chevron (Condi rice) and the Bush family's wealth comes from oil. The history of the war in afghanistan as a strategic invasion for oil/gas is out there for you to discover - let us know when you have become truly informed on the issue.

[12233445566abc]

"The Taliban, which Musharraf backed, was blocking its development. The multibillion-dollar gas pipeline is now on the fast track -- unlike the hunt for bin Laden."

[12233445566abc]

"Why is Bush so deferential to Musharraf? Why has he bought him off with billions of dollars in U.S. aid? One reason is he agreed to sign a deal with U.S. puppet Hamid Karzai in Kabul, also a onetime energy consultant, to develop the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAP), which continues on through Pakistan.

[12233445566abc]

Wrong. "Pakistan is the world's epicenter of anti-American terror. As I document in Crude Politics, almost every terrorist act against the U.S. or its interests abroad has had a Pakistani connection. That includes September 11th. Pakistan is where terrorists, including senior members of al-Qaida, meet, train, study and hide out -- all under the nose of Pakistani strongman, Musharraf."