[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

"...give us Vancouver (nice city by all accounts--I've never been there)."

You really must visit, you will quickly change your mind. Think Seattle or San Francisco, only MORE liberal.

I remember a lot of Hong Kong multi-millionaires relocating there pre-Chicomm takeover of HK. Must've allowed that fact cloud my appraisal of the situation. Okay, we'll take most of BC, and leave Vancouver as a free city (like Danzig between the first and second world wars). Then the land bridge to Alaska is still intact.

[JSteff]

"Then the land bridge to Alaska is still intact."

We have that by default now. Who would stop us? Their tank divisions? We thought the Iraq invasion was quick... 10 days max.

If we don't "acquire" them we don't have to put up with their sniveling.