Canada, U.S. agree to use each other's troops in civil emergencies

Canwest News Service ^ | 22 Feb 2008 | David Pugliese

[DoughtyOne]

Foreign troops are foreign troops are foreign troops.

Not no, but no fricken way in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your own troops are looking at fellow citizens when they take actions. Foreign troops are looking at widgets when they take actions.

If Bush has signed on to this, he is breathtakingly ignorant.

Folks, this is who you begged me to vote for, and I did the last time. This is why I didn’t want to and it’s why I think McCain will be even worse.

These two men just don’t get it.

The U.S. has now slid to the place that it can’t take care of it’s own business? What are we some third world hell hole?

This really angers me.

[DoughtyOne]

How are you going to feel if Candian troops are tasked with removing weapons from your homes up there, because U.S. troops were considered reluctant to do so?

I think you’re wrong on this one Mark. And if that doesn’t convince you, then consider the next move, when federales are given the same status in a year or two.

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Armed foreign troops in my neighborhood? Telling me what to do?

Think again!

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Armed foreign troops in my neighborhood? Telling me what to do?

Think again!

Bingo!

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I hope the Canadian soldier gives this a second thought. No American will hand over their guns to a foreign military. That’s a good way to start a civil war.

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I’m still not over JBTs from Kalifornia beating up on little old ladies in New Orleans.

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JBTs?

[TexasGreg]

Thanks for the reasonable analysis. There aren’t enough Canadian troops to do much in the US, so the hysteria from the US Right is a bit much. And ... frankly ... if the Quebec-ers eventually vote to pull out of Canada and join France (and they will), the USA is probably going to pick up several new states in the aftermath (some of them — like the Provinces of Alberta and Manitoba — being fairly conservative, and all of them being Resource-rich). This agreement may be a precursor to that to facilitate the operations that would be called for to secure the natural resources of those orphaned Provinces (France can’t be allowed to gain access to the Yukon and all the natural resources throughout the rest of Canada).

Robert A Heinlein was right ... British Canadians are Americans who have figured out how not to pay taxes to Washington.

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Jack Booted Thugs.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

"Mexican soldiers in two Humvees 'chased after' a U.S. Border Patrol agent until backup arrived while another U.S. agent also came under fire . . . ."

Republicrat agreement exists with Mexcicorruption to enter U.S. and help quell an outbreak of law enforcement... breaking news

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BATF?

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Got it.

Well, I pity the Canadian who tries to take this not so little old lady's weapons.

[Mark was here]

I see your point and I was just being a little silly with the target practice quip. I do recall them not screwing around with some indians at a road block.

My real point is that we should be able to use our strengths to help our neighbors during a real crisis, not getting drug into political bs. We should handle our own riots. Any Canadians (or American troops) helping after a Katrina type incident should know that disarming citizens is an illegal order.

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http://pun.org/josh/archives/Patricia%20Konie%20Gun%20Confiscation.wmv

[garbanzo]

This agreement may be a precursor to that to facilitate the operations that would be called for to secure the natural resources of those orphaned Provinces

But who gets the back bacon stores?

[TexasGreg]

How are you going to feel if Candian troops are tasked with removing weapons from your homes up there, because U.S. troops were considered reluctant to do so?

WHAT Canadian troops?? There are just 64,000 active duty members of the Canadian armed forces and 27,500 in their operational reserves. That's total military, not just the Army. With an annual budget of less than $15 billion (canadian), I don't think they're much of a threat to US liberties ... if anything, this is to allow us to help THEM.

[DoughtyOne]

I appreciate the comments Mark. What we have to do is think of this as incrementalism. If this is okay, then what next? If Canadian troops are okay on our soil, why not Mexican troops or U.N. troops?

I don’t want to take one step down that road.

We’re not talking about police. We’re talking about armed military forces with all that implies, troop carriers, tanks. Look once the barn door is open, what our vision of this was won’t matter. It’s their intent that will rule the day.

As far as I know, it would be the first time we would have armed foreign forces on our soil since the Revolutionary War.

What the hell is our leadership thinking? This is just absurd. We can’t even protect ourselves, or take care of our own problems?

What is wrong with this picture? It makes no sense whatsoever.

[TYVets]

Armed foreign troops in my neighborhood?

Telling me what to do?

Tomorrow Canadian Troops

The day after tomorrow UN Troops.

[Blogger]

Too cold! Build a bridge from Mexico into Canada with no exit ramps. Have at it amigos!

[TexasGreg]

But who gets the back bacon stores?

I don't know about bacon store. I'm more concerned about who gets the oil, natural gas, precious metals, vast tracks of lumber, fresh water, and about half of the planet's north-polar shoreline bordering on the vast oil and natural gas reserves under the Arctic ocean.