Malcolm, Far from amicable. The US has, since Canada declined participation in the Iraq invasion, painted us with a very nasty colour. We weren't even acknowledged by Bush for our immediate assistance following 9/11. And the drug issue is a laugh because the US is by far the largest of crops to come across the border at Canada. I think its because Canadian crops are stepping on illegal markets in the US that finance illegal wars, but that's just a deduction, not necessarily truth, nor should it be considered as representative of this list.....
To take a page from the US defensive posturing, "Why do they hate us so much?" We have always felt that if the US really wanted anything, anywhere, they will simply take it. E.g.: oil in Afghanistan/Iraq. We have huge resources they will need soon, and these tactics of citing Canada as a playground for terrorists and drug dealers help to sway Jo US public, even some Canadians, into thinking they will have the right to take over our security for the sake of their own--which means they will take over whatever else they don't yet have rights to--such as most of our water and land. Yet, as you had cause to mention that the US lost to our side before, well, Canada is still very big, and given that the US is stretched so thin militarily and financially, I doubt they will have the resources to try anything soon. Hopefully, some new technology will save their grim situation, and they'll focus on ingenuity rather than theft. Natalia All mail scanned by NAV ----- Original Message ----- From: M.Blackmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Minuteman Groups | On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 08:50 -0700, Darryl and Natalia wrote: | > The reason it became news worthy was because of other citizens in the | > region being concerned about trigger-happy people frequenting | > recreational areas. | > | Let me get this straight: Yanks are patrolling "recreational areas" | which I assume cover the border area with Canada, with the intention of | the armed accosting of Canadian citizens who may have wandered over a | border (which I believe is largely unmarked in these sorts of areas, | certainly wasn't 20 or more years back when I was visiting BC)!!!!! | | OK, the Canadian irregulars and a handful of British regulars kicked the | shit out of the Yanks nearly 200 years back, but I thought things had by | and large been pretty amicable since then. | | Malcolm | > | _______________________________________________ | Futurework mailing list | [email protected] | http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework | _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
