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I hardly see the relevance of the size of Canada's military to this discussion. Whatever the relative size of the force, if history is any indication they are not someone you'd want to meet on the field of battle.

Canada, after all, was one of the first to volunteer to send its troops to Afghanistan. I know they've lost troops in that conflict, and I think that some of them were even killed by forces other than ours.

I don't personally know anything about ETs. It's one of those subjects that becomes difficult to discuss rationally, mostly due to the outlandish and irrational arguments put forth by many of the people who believe they are out there and/or down here.

As to the genuinely important material in the article - the discussion of an arms race in space - in theory I agree with the idea that it's a bad thing.

As a practical matter, I think there are two chances that argeements, convenants, treaties and/or international organizations formed for the purpose will prevent proliferation - slim and none. Therefore, I hope that the United States ensures that any race that develops is a matter of "them" catching up with "U.S."