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MrPrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-26-06 11:20 AM
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1. Big News...
"We don't recognize Canada's claims to those waters... Most other countries do not recognize their claim."

Well just because the US doesn't like the Queen doesn't really count, but I digress...

This could go a couple of ways...

1) big bad Canada lubber Harper could do the Liberal thing and simply cave in
2) sign some co-operation pact that includes 'slight' recognition of Canada'a interests and a Big Honkin' missile defense shield that would provide jobs, jobs, jobs, for the far north...yippeee!!
3) or carry on and do what the gov't of Canada should have done years ago and establish a stronger presence...perhaps a 'trip wire'.

But it does seem strange that the US Ambassador would choose this issue to emphasize...maybe Harper's people have shown a less than co-operative note privately on this issue and the US wants Harper to publicly demonstrate his Yankee love.

Hard position to put their Harper boy in, so early in his--um--mandate.
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