Katrina vanden Heuvel: Blame Canada

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From the Nation:


BLOG | Posted 07/11/2007 @ 11:24am
Blame Canada

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Blame Canada

The increasingly isolated President is under siege from all sides. From the right, Republican senators are jumping off his Iraqi bandwagon faster than Leo DiCaprio on the Titanic. From the left, Democrats are trying to peer past his stonewall of executive privilege.

Abroad, he faces an imploding Middle East. From the Far East, China's economic rise is challenging American political hegemony. He can't build a wall fast or tall enough to stop immigration from the south. And from the north, there has arisen an assertive and aggressive--wait for this--Canada.

Yes, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper ordered six naval ships to defend the melting Northwest Passage from the United States, which claims the Arctic is international territory. You see, as global warming melts the icecaps it is revealing an attractive shipping route and unexplored resources, like fish, minerals, and yes oil.

"Canada has a choice when it comes to defending our sovereignty over the Arctic," Harper says. "We either use it or lose it. And make no mistake, this government intends to use it."

And thus we have the prospect of a South Park parody come to life. Prepare your anti-war protest posters now: "No Canadian Blood For Oil, eh."

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?bid=15

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1. Way to go Canucks!!! You may not have another chance....

:bounce: :toast: :hi: :kick: :woohoo: :applause:

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2. Thanks

I hate Harper and would never vote for him but I'm all for trying to hang onto whatever we can.