[xsmommy]

hey arghy, pony up, ya pikers!

[goldstategop]

I have a mind to tell Josh McCallum that without the NORAD umbrella, Canada wouldn't even exist. We ask them to help out a little and they whine its too much. Canadian freeloaders here.

[conservativemusician]

Canada is too busy coddling terrorists to worry about defense spending.

I feel for the good people in Canada. I know there are some.

[areafiftyone]

Canada is a French Puke of a country!!! Bush shouldn't bother with anything Canada, France or Germany. They have made no bones about how they hate our president, our country and our people. The only thing they love is Clinton and that is because he represents everything disgusting and sick that they love. We should leave them to their own devices and if something happens let them defend themselves. Bush is trying too hard with these ungreatful countries. If I were Bush I would tell them to SHOVE IT - DIPLOMACY BE DAMNED!!!

[Rome2000]

Bunch of ungrateful socialist frogs and kanucks.

Canada doesn't spend on its military because they don't have to worry about being invaded, as they know we will protect their sorry hides.

Thus they are free to spend their money on socialized medicine and supressing free speech with their thought police.

[norton]

It is long past time that we reminded both Canada and mexico that their entire being is defined by their proximity to the United States.

It's time that they were made to realize that "with us or against us" applies to the pip-squeek semi-nations to our north and south. If they don't feel like supporting us, I see no reason for our continuing to support to them.

As to another poster's suggestion that we 'take' Canada; not on your life, that would mean taking mexico as well and I want mexico as an official welfare patient like I want rodents or head lice.

[maximus@Nashville]

This answer by the current Canadian administration comes as no suprise. The Canadian government paid huge penaties for cancelling contracts made by the previous administration to replace badley needed replacement equipment for their military. I am unfamiliar with when elections come in a parlamentarian system, but perhaps we can look for a rejection of the leftests just as we have seen here in the United States.

[Marylander]

Freeloaders.

[jerod]

The Liberal government of Canada has destroyed the Canadian military, and possibly Canada along with it.

The previous Conservative government had done its best to repair the damage done by Pierre Trudeau and the Liberals during the 70s & early 80s. They ordered new Helicopters, Subs & other various equipment.

The fist thing the liberals did after being re-elected in the 1990s, was to cancel all those contracts.

Our military is still flying Sea-King helicopters, which went out of production in the 1960s. The Liberals also decided to buy existing subs, rather than building new ones. The result; They bought used subs from the British, which unfortunately have one small problem. They're not sea-worthy. And for the past 2 years, they've been taking care of promised wage increases for our military personal buy taking funds from the equipment procurement budget. Duh!

It's a disgusting, pathetic mess, but nobody up here seems to be upset about it.

That's probably due to the fact that our population has been inundated for the past 50 years by leftwing socialist dribble from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Which has produced a populace who are convinced that socialized everything is good for the country, and that the military isn't really something we need up here.

The CBC also spews out on a regular basis, anti-American propaganda and they are constantly reminding Canadians that they must protect their sovereignty by being anti-American. Unfortunately, these left wing journalist and society types have bought into their own lies.

The fact is, without a strong military you can't protect your sovereignty. And if we don't protect it, who's going to do it for us? The Americans, that's who.

And if that does happen our country will turn into the 51st state, which is exactly what these blithering socialist idiots have been afraid of for years.

Why a liberals & leftwingers always wrong? Because they're idiots, that's why.

[BlackbirdSST]

Bush kicked off the NATO summit in Prague yesterday by demanding every member boost defence spending. A relic of the cold war, it should be disbanded as obsolete, but then the one worlder's would have fewer bottomless pits in which to throw our tax monies. Blackbird.

[Psalm 73]

Sure it's our business, as a member of NATO, we need to "pull the covers" of our allies when they shirk their responsibility.
Canada is freeloading, it's time they ante'd up.
Great cover story on Canada in the latest National Review - had me in tears of laughter, (and sadness/frustration).

[ilgipper]

So they have sovereignty to conduct their defense regardless of what they're allies recommend, but when we want to go out in the world to defend our citizens from terrorists and tyrants we must first get the world's approval?

[galt-jw]

well, gwb is more than willing to put OUR troops under UN command, illegally. Why shouldn't he expect everyone to act in the best interests, for "the world." also, see: for "the children," for "peace", for "security."