Logistics

The Prime Minister now says the "Soldiers. With Guns. In Our Cities." attack retreat ad he personally approved was never meant to suggest anything untoward or frightening -- like, say, that Stephen Harper was planning to impose military rule in Canada's cities. No, no, no, not at all: it was simply meant to engage Canadians in a detailed debate about the best way to mass your forces in the event of deployment. The Conservative plan, he told Canada AM this morning,

would dilute the Forces and create an administrative and logistical nightmare. "It's not me," Martin said. [The chief of defence staff, Gen. Rick] "Hillier's the one who said 'I want to have a Canada Command; I want to be able to really have top-flight soldiers in top-flight positions with top-flight equipment.' "You can't do that if it's spread out all across the country."

At a press conference later in the morning, he assured reporters that the reason a similar ad was still running in Quebec was to show support for the armed forces. I am not making this up, etc.