Posted on 02/24/2005 12:09:15 PM PST by Pikamax
An ally without bullets is not an ally; more like a dependency.
Me too.
Bingo..
Instead of just insulting Canadians (and French, etc.), can't we come up with a way to convince them it's in their best interest to support missile defense and our other policies? Aren't we smarter than just resorting to being bitchy when we don't get our way?
The majority of Canadians are not for missile defense apparently. Frankly I don't think Canada is worth wasting a ballistic missile for.
Let Canada go its own way, but let Canada also know this: That President Bush has reached out his hand sincerely to Canada and Canada has rejected it with scorn. Why don't you guys pack up and leave NORAD while you're at it?
They don't look at it that way.
You may be right. But I wonder whether the possibility of a mis-aimed missile ever occurred to them.
Through the magic of cable we get Canadian news now, and it couldn't be more depressing. They endlessly find new injustices that somehow their government hasn't found time to deal with, and with tears welling up in their eyes, a catch in the voice, demand to know what government is going to do about it.
What profoundly silly people, locked in their juvenile world, determined never to graduate to adulthood.
They don't have to deal with missile defense, they know we'll do it, and they can sit on the side and criticize how we do it. It sounds simplistic but they are becoming more simplistic by the day.
I think that President Bush has been more than conciliatory and accomodating both to Canada and to Europe since his re-election. His gracious Canadian visit late last year and his now-ended, pleasant European visit go to show those lengths. In my view, friendship canbe a one-way street for only so long before it slowly descends into something less.
Earlier thread here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350291/posts
I would say we simply use Manifest Destiny to go in an occupy them.. but then I'm afraid of what that would do to our Tax base.
Much better to just build a fence around the borders and charge entrance fees. Biggest Zoo north of Texas.
I apologize to any Canadian Freepers here, this is not an attack on you, but your country needs an Enema in the worst way.
That's a nice thought.
How'd it go with France and the Iraq trade embargo? The Oil for Food and the investment in Iraqi oil fields by France?
When a country decides what's in their best interest conflicts with a previously stated and agreed upon mutual best interest, then they cease to be capable of any meaningful agreement. Full steam ahead with the boycott of French products.
End of story.
The majority of Canadians are almost certainly FOR the system. The current Liberal government if just trying to hold onto a few votes from the extreme left (NDP). Just like the Democrats, power above all else!!!
Problem is that the US will shoot down missiles when they are flying over Canada.
ok Thirsty I'm not insulted as a Canadian because I realize I live in a country with fucked up leadership, and sadly no opposition party standing ready to take over - Harper has screwed up the shot he may have had......
now there are a few ways to change the mind of Canadians - change in government, the Conservatives are already on record as supporting the missile defence system etc so rather than an invasion, maybe Karl Rove could send in some of his best strategists and teach the Conservatives how not to fuck up and to win the next election........
of course if a wayward NK missile ended up hitting Ottawa (wink wink nudge nudge) that would do it, you see all those silly Canadians (all the ones that haven't heeded the warnings of those of us with insight, like myself) running to the US like chickens with their heads cut off, since the "chicken" strain seems to be running rampant here.......
mad cow disease indeed, all the beef eaters must be the ones voting in the gutless Liberals into power time after time, just imagine Americans, a party full of John Kerry's or Bill Clinton, where they put their finger in the wind to make every single decision,
and of course the US is right when it says Canada is giving up its sovereignty
I just heard Paul I'm the Biggest Con Artist Martin (whose whole latest budget was a scam, smoke and mirrors, but most Canadians won't understand that, even stupid Stephen Harper was praising the budget, someone help us please) say that Canada isn't giving up its sovereignty that the US will have to ask permission if they are going to put any missiles in Canadian airspace
I had to laugh, Paul, you asshole, Canada gave up its sovereignty once the Federal Government, accelerated by Chretien dismantled the Canadian military, Canada gave up its sovereignty then, I keep telling that to all the Canadians who are happy we don't spend any money on defence, which is precisely why they aren't supporting the missile defence program, why, when they can reap the benefits for free
so I hope some American senator or congressman has the brains to introduce a bill whereby Canada shall be billed for the free protection it has been receiving for low these many decades and this Canadian would support the US wholeheartedly
if you think the Pentagon et al waste money, you've never seen the Liberal government so go ahead and charge us, you'd spend the military dollars better and more wisely anyway.....
yeah or just invade us, please.....
I'm so fed up I don't know if I should get into politics or journalism or start up some blog except I don't think the
Canadian blogosphere or media for that matter has any teeth, not like the American media or blogosphere.....
I mean this current budget - guess what Americans, we are getting a tax cut of $16.00 whopping dollars this year, yee haw! and that 13 Billion dollars they say is going into the military over 5 years, first of all the Canadian military needs at least 25 Billion dollars now, all at once, and what most Canadians won't realize is the asshole Liberals have promised all this money, but it isn't coming for a year or two, in other words, if they lose the election which is coming, in a year or two, they don't have to keep their promises, if they get elected again by a majority, at which point, I'll be as suicidal as those Dems in Nov 2004, they'll just break all their promises and cut out all that promised funding........
gang, the Liberals in Canada make the Democrats in the US look like frigging saints, I'm beginning to think the Liberals are the Yassir Arafats of the Great White North, lining the pockets of all their friends and getting away with it, year after year.......
why does it take a billion dollars to run a gun registry when they haven't even able to register all the guns in Canada yet and there aren't that many - we have an inquiry to investigate a scam involving $100 million dollars and it is costing 70 million (more than the 9-11 commission???????????)
invade us please......
OK I am even more angry and perplexed as a Canadian
from the article
Missile defence supporters said the program wouldn't have cost Canada a dime, nor would it have placed missiles on Canadian soil
OK the cheap on defence feds apparently weren't even expected to kick in any money, which I figured was one of the main reasons the feds passed, all the Americans wanted was support
and the cowards couldn't even do that because little Paulie waited all his life to be PM (think the Canadian Kerry) and he's going to do anything but be a real leader to ensure he gets reelected when his minority government goes down in the next 12 -18 months......
aya carumba.....
I try to tell my ignorant Canadian friends, I believe someone coined the phrase and correct me if I am wrong, sovereignty isn't worth the paper it is written on if you aren't prepared to defend it........
Does Martin understand that the United States WILL NOT consult him over an incoming missle we regard as a threat to OUR national security when we blow it out of the sky OVER CAnada. I mean what's he gonna do, INVADE US?
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