Canada to U.S.: Mind your business (Jerk Alert)

Canada.com ^ | 11/21/02 | Robert Fife

[Rockitz]

Hosehead.

....and a country of freeloaders, eh?

[dfwgator]

They're not even a real country anyway.

[Willie Green]

This jackass should be sacked.

Which one?

NATO successfully completed its mission with the collapse of the old Soviet Union.
At that time, it should have been ceremoniously disbanded with victorious praise and celebration.
It should NEVER have been permitted to "reinvent" itself as some kind of global police force.
Sadly, NATO has become what it was once intended to defend against.

[RushLake]

I had the misfortune to have to conduct business at a Ford Plant near Toronto some years ago. While at lunch one day, one loud mouth canadian jerk mouthed off about how the canadians had to know U.S. history, but we didn't need to know theirs. I advised him that I did know canadian history. I advised him that I knew that my country had bailed canada and her allies out in two world wars. I also advised him that I knew that it was our aircraft and ships that provided security for canada so it could pursue its socialist policies. He agreed not to lecture me about my lack of knowledge of his country's history after that lesson.

[sheik yerbouty]

So ez another slave for the mullahs. Canada has become Canuckistan.

[way_south_redneck]

geez,do you guys hate all the commonwealth nations this much?lol,maybe im in the wrong place.

[sheik yerbouty]

"Sex'(Brooklynese)

[sheik yerbouty]

I'm a spaz today "sez"

[Blackyce]

QUOTE OF THE DAY!!!!!!! I would like to spend more money on defence. I'd like to spend more money on everything, but we have to make these decisions when come the budget

[Steel and Fire and Stone]

The president did not directly name Canada, but it has the third-lowest military budget in the NATO alliance, spending more than only Luxembourg and Iceland, which does not have a military.

Canada has the luxury of calling the President of the United States a "moron" for urging that she prepare to defend herself because she exists comfortably in America's shadow. Her citizens know that if anything really, really bad happened, the U.S. would not let nations on our borders collapse and fall prey to a hostile nation.

I recall during the start of the Afghanistan campaign having a few conversations with irate Canadian patriots who boasted about the prowess of their snipers, and how Canada did put lives on the line in support of the U.S.. They said this even though Canadian officials essentially said that the U.S. brought 9/11 on itself, and reassured Canadian citizens that they have nothing to fear because their country wasn't like the nasty, imperial, war-mongering Americans.

I'm just a little guy who can't dictate American policy, but I will urge my President and congress men & women to scrape NAFTA. I will also add Canadian products to my personal boycott list (along with China).

Regardless of how good Canadian snipers are (both of them) or how good their Navy is (a couple of coastal Frigates with a pop gun), or how dominating her third-world quality air force (a couple of Cessna's and an F5 or two), the fact is that if the U.S. ever needed Canadian help, it just wouldn't be there. It would take Canada years to mobilize and supply her troops, and in today's environment, that's way too late. They'd have to deploy on commercial airliners to secure airports, and hitch hike to the war front.

I take the Canadian's at their word. They are socialists first and foremost, and delight in not being American's friends (unless socialist comrades run the White House and Capital Hill). I SO appreciate Mr. McCallum and the anonymous (re: cowardly) "senior Canadian official" for reminding Americans of the truth about our "relationship".

FReegards, SFS

[Steel and Fire and Stone]

Bush should coment on how Saskatchewan, Manitoba plus the Yukon Territory would make good US states if this guy doesn't shut up.

PING, for an Imperial America!

[DWPittelli]

The weirdest part of this story is that Canada is so egocentric that when Bush says, in general terms while in Europe, that NATO members need to spend more on armed forces, it must be all about THEM.

In fact, Canada has a pretty good record recently in the WOT despite their low spending (as the article points out); what counts is they've been willing to use their soldiers, unlike Germany and probably most of Europe. But why should they get so defensive (and indeed, act like morons themselves) about Bush wanting to discuss NATO spending at a NATO expansion meeting? Sounds like guilt to me.

[Malcolm]

Why would we want Canadian territory? The US is the 4th largest nation in the world. We've got plenty of land. It's much simpler for the Canadians who like us to move down to the lower 48 anyway. Absorbtion of Canada would benefit Canadians far more than it would Americans, like East Germany benefited more than West Germany from their union in 1990. No, most Americans have NO designs on Canada. In fact, if a province wanted to join the Union, we would have to negotiate with Canada, Britain, etc. It's easier for Canadians who like the US just to vote with their feet. Makes the US more conservative, and Canada more leftist anyway.....

[plain talk]

I'd like to spend more money on everything, but we have to make these decisions when come the budget,"

CI didn't realize Canada had funding problems. Heck, I hear they have free medical 'care'. Without defense what good is it?

[Stakka Skynet]

This bs has got to stop. 80% of canadians saying 9/11 is our fault?? I sincerly hope that some day one of these socialists says something of this nature in my presence. =]

[LasVegasMac]

Bush should coment on how Saskatchewan, Manitoba plus the Yukon Territory would make good US states if this guy doesn't shut up

I've always enjoyed the game of Risk. I liked the board version but I really like the computer version.

It just feels, well, natural, right, correct an obvious wrong kinda thing - when ever I get the chance to kick ass and take over Canada and Mexico.

One Nation, under God......

Sorry if I have offended anyone with my Napoleanic fetish.

Giggle. Snicker.

Mexico has no military. And we have to haul the Canuck's military ass into combat.

Oh Canada, Oh...say can you see....

Just late night ramblings

LVM

[Callahan]

It should be noted that the opposition PM in Canada, Jason Kenney, denounced Chretien for this latest round of left-wing Canuck foolishness. Good to know not every Canadian is a hockey-puck-brained socialist. Perhaps we can trade Daschle for him.

[Callahan]

I once saw a poll that said 20% of Canadians in the middle provinces wanted to apply for U.S. statehood. I suggest we trade a passle of liberals for these right-minded Canucks.

[Callahan]

To hear liberals like Michael Moore and Molly Ivins talk, Canada is human civilization's most perfect society. Makes you wonder why they don't get the hell out of the "evil" U.S. instead of annoying the people who like it here.