Can the Brits Swing Ohio?

[notyoueither]

You can have 'em for all I care, except what we need for infants and seniors. We should be able to scrape up a couple million shots if we deprive the hypochondriacs.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by notyoueither


The arguement goes that you spend your money on defence, which also defends us, while we spend our money on healthcare since we don't have to spend much of anything on defence.

See?

I dunno, I suspect that the US and Canada would both avoid invasion just fine if the US drastically scaled back defense spending. All we really need is a navy that is better than that of any possible enemy. That isn't a very high bar to clear in terms of necessary military spending.

[Pyrodrew]

Originally posted by notyoueither
The arguement goes that you spend your money on defence, which also defends us, while we spend our money on healthcare since we don't have to spend much of anything on defence.
See?

Unfortunately, I have never seen anything to suggest Canada tricked, instigated, manipulated or forced the US into building that defence to the extent it is today. I have a policeman living near me, but that doesn't make him my b!tch as I didn't influence him into being a cop nor do I influence his daily police duties.

Canada's gain is simply a side effect, much like a fat chick getting horny by watching an orgy or some porn... she's never really involved, but if it makes her happy and she doesn't cause trouble then no one's going to complain.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Geronimo


I dunno, I suspect that the US and Canada would both avoid invasion just fine if the US drastically scaled back defense spending. All we really need is a navy that is better than that of any possible enemy. That isn't a very high bar to clear in terms of necessary military spending.

Problem is carrying the frieght for everyone else.

Yes, there is enough oil in the Western hemisphere for our own purposes, but that's not the way we are taught to buy and sell. Not to mention the health of major trading partners (Europe, Japan, China).

That means that Middle Eastern oil fields become very important, not because the US needs them, but because everyone needs them.

That leaves effectively you with the bill, since no one else seems willing to pay for the level of defence it would take to ensure the free flow of precious black stuff from the Gulf.

Meanwhile, back in NA, the industrious beaver is building a better health care damn while protected by defence spending that protects not only the continent, but the economic system he depends on.

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Geronimo


It is strange that canadians see the war of 1812 as a victory of canada over the US while the US views the so called french and indian war as a british victory over the French. It's also interesting that while the french and indian war doesnt seem to have done much to unite the 13 colonies, Canadians report that war of 1812 served to unite them even though both wars occured before either was a country and even though both wars were essentially british wars involving british colonies. From whence comes these differing effects I wonder?

The fall of France was instrumental for the founding of the US. As long as France posed a threat to the colony, the colonists needed the home country to defend them.

With the fall of New France, the colonialist cry changed from "Send more redcoats" to "Down with British tyranny".

It's not surprising that the "French and Indian War" did not become part of American national mythology because it doesn't fit the myth that the revolution overthrew a tyrannical, uncaring British occupation.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Pyrodrew
Canada's gain is simply a side effect, much like a fat chick getting horny by watching an orgy or some porn... she's never really involved, but if it makes her happy and she doesn't cause trouble then no one's going to complain.

Dude. You can do better than that, can't you?

Come on. Insult me!

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Geronimo
I dunno, I suspect that the US and Canada would both avoid invasion just fine if the US drastically scaled back defense spending. All we really need is a navy that is better than that of any possible enemy. That isn't a very high bar to clear in terms of necessary military spending.

You're right.

There are some Canadians (usually conservative wanna-be Americans) who think that the US is defending Canada. It is not. The US defends its own self-interest and if that ever meant destroying Canada, the US would do it without a second thought.

The power of the US does not come from its military (which is struggling to control a rag-tag insurgency in Iraq). The US military is not much a threat, except to minor countries.

The power of the US comes from the American economy. If the US wants oil, it buys it. The people who have it, need to sell it and there's no way they can control where it ends up. IF the US wants a government overthrown, it finances a rebel group. And the threat of trade sanctions is far more powerful than any fleet.

[notyoueither]

[Pyrodrew]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Dude. You can do better than that, can't you?

Come on. Insult me!

Why?

[Tingkai]

Exactly

[MikeH]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
That reminds me...Britain fumbled our vaccine order, so we're coming north to get yours.

We should have let them ship you loads of contaminated vaccine?

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by notyoueither

doh, I can't figure which post is the funny stuff.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Geronimo


doh, I can't figure which post is the funny stuff.

It's Tingkai and me. We don't talk to each other directly, and threads are more peaceful for it. We just bury innuendo in our posts to send messages.

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by MikeH


We should have let them ship you loads of contaminated vaccine?

No, you should have shut them down before we put half our eggs in their basket.

[MikeH]

We warned you months ago.