Posted on 02/23/2008 9:18:08 AM PST by BGHater
North American Union - here we come!!! What’s next??? Common currency?
This would be effective 99% in one direction.
Finally a decision from a former Soviet republic that makes sense.
I hate the moves towards the NAU but this makes sense. As if Canadians are going to DO anything if they were called.
ping for later
Who do we contact to see this never, ever happen. Mexamericanada here we come. I’m sickend and troubled by this in a lot of ways... I almost feel as though I am saying good bye to a relative that is dying a slow death.. I know the relative is dying, just not when. Kinda eery.
Canada cannot afford to both pay for retirements AND Socialized medicine, AND defend itself, any more.
Thier were big article last summer about how the Canadians were getting rid of thier fighter aircraft.
Someone from another country is going to come over here and tell us what to do? I don’t think so.
Huh? Canada’s been the virtual 51st State for decades...;)
But it’s really about economic protection. We account for 75% of their imports and 86% of their exports (higher than California’s equivalents to the rest of the US).
Canada accounts for 20% of our imports, and 16% of our exports. That’s a lot of our GDP that’s directly tied to our Northern neighbor. Not to mention being our biggest source of oil.
Canada hasn’t maintained the infrastructure nor staff to assist in a major catastrophe. Canada had a long-standing rule that foreign troops from ANY country could not operate in Canada.
What happens now if the Great White North has a massive natural disaster, say a huge earthquake hits the Seattle area, all the way up through Vancouver (the ONLY Canadian port on the Pacific)? Well, currently they’re screwed - we can’t send aid like we did to Indonesia after the Tsunami. Or like we’ve done around the world for massive natural disasters, deploying our troops to assist in recovery.
This agreement seems to make sense to me - it assures that Canada will not suffer as much as they would now if a major disaster happens. And that - in the long run - is the best thing for the US.
The day I see Canadian troops marching over the Detroit - Windsor bridge to help quell the inevitable riots that will happen again someday in Detroit I will sit right down and eat my hat.
If there was a disaster in Canada and we could help with rescue efforts and the like, I would be embarrassed as hell, if we did not do so.
I see no real problem here. It is like Fire Departments backing each other up.
I’d lay strong odds that this means US troops assisting in Canada is a thousand times likely more than Canadian troops (what few there are) assisting in the U.S.
bump
I realize that it is unlikely that we would ever have need of help from Canada.
And in spite of whatever faults Canada might have I feel great affection for Canadians and would certainly hope that we would always come to their aid...the same goes for Mexico.
“We should invade Canada and let’s the Mexicans have the USA. They appear to be taking it anyway.”
Heh...you think global warming is an accident?
Rove’s weather machine is getting Canada warmer for us to move north...
*snicker*
PING :)
Clive, have you seen or heard about this?
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