Yup. I agree.
I wonder though, even though he (Martin) took the position he did, what kind of affairs go on behind the scenes... I mean, officially, Canada did not support the war in Iraq and pledged not to participate.... But, there were many Canadian soldiers deployed with American and British troops as part of exchange programs... and also, a Canadian general was head of many thousands of combat troops comprised of americans and british soldiers in Iraq... For a country that was "against" the war in Iraq, makes you wonder why there was cooperation, however suttle it was. I would think that with the position that you are not supporting or participating that you indeed wouldn't participate..... Tell the people what you want them to think.... I imagin when it comes to missle defense, there is more than meets the eye. Especially because the NORAD agreement already gives defensive rights to america over canadian airspace, to my knowledge. Politics is a slippery game. Yves On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:49:36 -0500, Frank Mamone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly. The only reason Martin did not go in is because the Liberals > have a minority government which means that the other parties can > legally collude to force an election. > > Martin has been flip-flopping on the issue for a while. He is just > playing a clever balancing act to counter his precarious political > position within Canada. > > There was no financial burden to Canada for this. It only meant that > they would be in the room when decisions on how these situations would > be handled if one were to occur. Now, Canadian representatives will > not be allowed to sit on those talks. > > As Mike said...political posturing. > > - Frank > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:23:15 -0400, Yves Arsenault > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also, > > > > I believe that the NORAD (I believe it's that one) agreement between > > the US and Canada actually does give the US some use of Canada's > > airspace. > > > > I cases of defense. > > > > As far as I know, PM Paul Martin is just playing a balancing act with > > words. To try and please as many voters as possible. > > > > Yves > > > > 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) > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148720 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
