I agree with you, Larry. Americans have to understand that sending a missile into a soverign nation's airspace without express permission is usually considered an overt act of war, regardless of any current relationship with that nation.
Consider the implications of a missile track that doesn't end in an interception of the airborne target. It eventually intercepts Canadian soil, and that soil may be populated with Canadian citizens. I'm sure that Canada -- the country that jointly manages NORAD with us -- just wants to double-check missile track before it gives a go-ahead for us to basically wage an attack on another country over Canadian soil. These checks are automated and very rapid, from what I understand. I love Canada, I respect her sovereignty, and the rest of us should, too. There are international laws, conventions, and treaties that specify how we should act, and we need to follow these legal agreements. Okay, enough soapboxing. I've got a huge Canadian flag I fly when welcoming Canadians to my home. Any Canadians coming to Atlanta are hereby invited to come by for a grand show of colors and an ice-cold Molson or LaBatt beer anytime. :) Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive Master-level training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:07 PM Subject: Re: No Defense over Canada > So its OK to violate another nation's sovereignty whenever you want > and with no consequences. I guess the converse would also be true, > other nations can violate US airspace at will then without > consequences. > > Typical US attitude - screw the rest of the world, especially your > allies. Real brilliant.It will get to the point that the only US > allies will be paid. > > As for the missile tracks - remember where a good third of the ICBM's > are based, and how many of those russian nukes are really controlled > by Moscow. > > larry > > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:33:39 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, so we either have to keep the Canadians happy or we can save our rears. I go for the latter. Screw diplomacy, save my hide! > > http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/nation/10997668.htm > > > > (though chances are we'll never see a missile attack come through Canadian air space and they know it. Just posturing) > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148573 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
