On BMD, jack, the ground stations are going in. It's the triangulation or "fudging" of saying one thing while doing another; it keeps the country together. The conscription crises of balancing our English-French cultures and interests are examples of political skills and diplomacy which Canada used successfully on the world stage---and not incidental is our federation as a much-examined multicultural model. Turning thumbs-down to Iraq put strains on our friendship but talking straight is what friends do.