no thanks

[piranha]

to the stupid missile defence, says canada's government. good job, mr. martin. i'm coming to like you more lately. i appreciate the tough position any canadian prime minister with halfway decent ethics finds zirself in when trying to deal with the bush regime; stalling as long as possible was probably the best thing to do. though -- maybe a hint to your US ambassador next time? might be a good idea.

of course cellucci (whom i dislike with a bit of passion) immediately spewed about how that means canada has given up its sovereignty, and threatened that washington would do what it felt it needed to do, disregarding canadian airspace. twits. piss off.

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[ckd]

Cellucci, the second governor of Massachusetts in a row to leave his job in search of an ambassadorial posting. At least he didn't get torpedoed by Jesse Helms.

[redbird]

"Sovereignty" doesn't mean "you smile and then do what the other country tells you to", no matter what Cellucci thinks. He needs to read some of the grade-school social studies stuff I'm editing, about the American Revolution in terms of not wanting to be ruled by another country.

[necturus.livejournal.com]

cellucci (whom i dislike with a bit of passion) immediately spewed about how that means canada has given up its sovereignty

In Bushspeak "sovereignty" means doing as the U.S. government tells you. Hence, Iraq and Afghanistan are "sovereign" states. He wants Syria and Iran to be "sovereign" too.

[king-tirian.livejournal.com]

"We think Canada would want to be in the room deciding what to do about an incoming missile that might be heading toward Canada." *thud thud thud*

1) When the rogue states decide to nuke us, it will not be a missle attack. It's like we're still fighting the Soviets in their minds.

2) Being in the room with you hardly means that their beliefs will be heard or followed. Gee, I wonder why the US gave up its sovereignty when they walked out of Kyoto or the International Court?

3) Canada already has a missle shield, which guarantees that no incoming missle will ever be headed toward Canada. It is the hundreds of millions of assholes who live in the nation to the south of her. Anyone who developed mobile WMDs and then wasted them on Canadians would be thrown out of the Axis of Evil potluck dinners.