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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The RCMP is not under the control of the Ministry of Defence, but like the German Bundespolizei if fulfills a range of tasks covered by forces such as the Gendarmerie, Carabinieri or Royal Marechaussee
The RCMP's origins in the North-West Mounted Police were as a paramilitary force to cover policing as well as military tasks in enforce order in Canada's Western provinces after the first Riel Rebellion. During the second Riel Rebellion if fought as a military unit
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A contention I find odd about Relotius is this idea that his lies were brilliantly concealed. His pieces fed conventional stereotypes about other societies among Spiegel's readership in a flippantly emotive style that can at best be accessible and at worst condescending
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Extraordinary how hard the UK government is fighting to lose whatever leverage it has left over the EU. A deal to protect Northern Ireland from English politics is essential even with a second referendum. But lack of realism over the UK's position after March 2019 is remarkable
Many have the psychology of the UK government during Brexit transition wrong. Tories in particular have strong incentives to pretend that achieving Brexit in itself has been a huge success. May and Gove will avoid any great rows over EU decisions that only underline UK weakness
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Do those who want a referendum before March 2019 rather than during the transition believe security threats without a backstop are manageable and risks from political escalation are controllable? Do they think they can hold the UK union together when all else falls apart?
Because once a state slides into existential crisis even the best intentioned leaders often end up facing disastrous choices
Many on both sides of the UK Brexit debate need to take a harder look at what happens to states in moments of existential crisis.

If you propose a course of action with very high levels of risk at least acknowledge the existence of those risks and factor them into your strategy
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"The UK: the concerted efforts by elements in the British intelligence and security services, with CIA and BOSS, to bring down Wilson, Thorpe and Heath."
The USA: the CIA’s Operation Chaos, the FBI’s Cointelpro program and, of course, Watergate.

Australia: the loans scandal and other destabilization of Gough Whitlam by the CIA and SIS."
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So Air India 'Kanishka' & Talwinder Singh who played a major role in its bombing are back in news, thanks to Canadian politics.
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