[SubMareener]

Give the size of the galaxy, I think an intragalactic war is more likely. Good to know our neighbors to the north are worried about important things.

[BenLurkin]

"ethical, advanced extraterrestrial civilizations that may now be visiting Earth"

What about the un-ethical ones?

[peyton randolph]

Funny. I just had this story pulled as a duplicate...even though it didn't show up during searches for it.

[mnehring]

Hellyer warned, "The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning. He stated, "The Bush administration has finally agreed to let the military build a forward base on the moon, which will put them in a better position to keep track of the goings and comings of the visitors from space, and to shoot at them, if they so decide."

He has just jumped into the loony bin.. how many tens of thousands of people would have to be involved in a project such as this? How do you keep something like that under wrap.. nope, tin foil hat alert here!

[cynicom]

Posting police are after you.

[FormerACLUmember]

"Hey there, I can't believe this hosehead weasel politician is busy trying to contact ET, while we have been sitting on a 3 year waiting list for our free Canadian alcohol detox, eh."

[LIConFem]

I didn't know peyote grew in Canada...

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

I wonder if the military acumen of the former defense minister is the reason the Canadian Navy can't even sail subs from Britain to Canada without suffering defeat.

[Ruddles]

Inter or Intragalatic, these puny aliens will be no match for our Mighty Moonbase.

[finnman69]

Hellyer warned, "The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning. He stated, "The Bush administration has finally agreed to let the military build a forward base on the moon, which will put them in a better position to keep track of the goings and comings of the visitors from space, and to shoot at them, if they so decide."

Here are secret photos from this moonbats files of the secret base and weaponry....

[bkepley]

so the vast majority of U.S. officials and politicians, let alone a mere allied minister of defence, were never in-the-loop."

So he doesn't know jack.

[b4its2late]

[Enterprise]

"Don't run, we are your friends."

[solitas]

Didn't 'Frantic Times' do something about this with a previous official?

[philled]

Well, I guess this guy explains why Canada doesn't want to buy into the US missle defense system. Apparently, if we build such a system, it will just provoke the extra-terrestrials and bring Canada into an intergalactic war they know they cannot win. Once again, Canada knows how to better protect the continent. They should feel pretty good about themselves after this one...

[hflynn]

The United States is committed to peaceful negotiations with alien civilizations as this picture shows.

[FreeRep]

Somehow, someway, I knew that this story would find a way to blame something on Bush. Canada just wants us to close down the NORAD! Maybe, they don't like us telling children we track Santa, and have hourly updates on Santa sightings on Christmas eve.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Former Canadian Minister Of Defense Says UFOs are Real; Warns Of 'Intergalactic War'...

Thank God we got Canadians taking care of this, whew!

[Optimus Prime]

He stated, "The Bush administration has finally agreed to let the military build a forward base on the moon, which will put them in a better position to keep track of the goings and comings of the visitors from space, and to shoot at them, if they so decide."

"Rest assured, Stargate Command is deeply appreciative of the level of support which the Bush Administration has shown towards the program."



Gotta love the assumption of "ethical" aliens, though. If they share the same ethics as this guy, then they'd also be against weapons in space. In which case, we really got nothing to worry about. For all we know, though, the ethics of the supposed aliens may be more in line with the ethics of THIS guy...



Either way, this guys whole line of reasoning is stupid. "We don't want the Americans to be shooting at the peaceful, kind, fluffy, and ethical aliens, even though 'ethical' aliens wouldn't really give them a reason to shoot at them, because then it might cause those self-same ethical aliens to turn their planet-destroying weaponry on a species vastly inferior technologically to them". Yeah, REAL ethical.

[xrp]

This former Canadian government official shouldn't worry.

The United States is already on good terms with our overlords from outer space.

[Lunatic Fringe]

NO BLOOD FOR DILITHIUM CRYSTALS!