Uncle Sam Wants You, Eh? (Villiage Voice)

[pinto]

by James Ridgeway

As Bush was ramping up the Iraq war last winter, Canadian military officials were startled to discover Pentagon recruiters roaming through their nation's native population reserves trying to persuade Inuit and others to enlist in the U.S. military. The Americans started cropping up on the Atlantic Coast in Quebec, in the Sault Sainte Marie area of Ontario, and in Western Canada. A Canadian Defense Ministries report said the U.S. claimed that under the 1794 Jay Treaty it had the right to recruit Canadian native inhabitants for its military because aboriginal Canadians held dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship.

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0352/mondo2.php

[alexwcovington]

1. Oh goody.

Let's see.... how does it work again? Infringe on their sovereignty, then make some wild demand which they will unflinchingly refuse, then use that denial as an excuse to INVADE!

I tell you I would not be surprised if Bush wanted to invade Canada...

[Nay]

2. WTF!!!

This is outrageous! Especially without informing Canadian authorities FIRST that you are going recruiting.

[The Zanti Regent]

3. But Hitler wants the Albertan Tar Sands

I'm waiting for Hitler to do the Adenoid Hynkel thing with the globe!