Jack, Canada is always there when the chips are down. In WW1 the Canadian Corps was acknowledged as the best formation, Allied or German. Canada ended WW2 with the fourth and fifth biggest navy and air force. NATO was a Canadian idea because of Soviet aggression with Britain and France weakened by war and US struggling with another round of isolationism. The US was torpedoed into WW1 and bombed into WW2.

Our NORAD participation has been spotty because of wariness of US Star War notions. We're one of the few NATO participants fighting in Afghanistan. Canada owes for its freedom the millions who died to defeat fascism. Americans who died with their Canadian brothers at arms would consider it a conceit to say any country owes its freedom to the United States. Don't worry about continental defence. Canada defeated its only invaders in 1812 and is currently going about the terrorist business with competence and quiet assurance.

Canada, as the majority of Americans, isn't buying the sky-is-falling coming out of the White House.

Last edited by King Brown; 05/13/07 11:56 PM.