Ahh, Americans and their ADD

[DinoDoc]

We could invade Canada to secure a large supply of oil which would reduce our vulnerability to the ME.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
We could invade Canada to secure a large supply of oil which would reduce our vulnerability to the ME.

Try it, sweetheart.

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by Verto
But the U.S. does not need to play peacekeeper; that's the UN's job. In fact, the US should consider it's membership in the UN, but that is a different topic.

America spends its resources trying to defend a world that, in many places, resents its presence and even her existence.

The UN has no troops. No one in the US would tolerate the UN having its own troops either. I doubt that any other of the permanent members of the Security Council would want it either.

We should belong to the UN. Not belonging is just more of that isolationist head in the sand stuff. The Russians used to have a habit of walking out on votes when they were miffed with what was being voted on. That is how the UN got involved in the Korean War. The Russians got huffy and walked and the US and our allies imediatly passed resolutions and whatever else they needed to make the defense of South Korea a UN mandate.

The Russians had enough sense to NEVER EVER miss another vote. I surely hope the US retains the sense the Russians gained the hard way. Never boycott the UN and always be there to veto things we don't want.

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by Frogger


Try it, sweetheart.

Please don't Dubya. It would be suicide. That place is COLD where the oil is.

Besides think of the language difficulties.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Ethelred
Besides think of the language difficulties.

That's why the entire francophone population of Quebec would have to be liquidated.

[KrazyHorse]

I thought he was referring to Bush's accent.

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
That's why the entire francophone population of Quebec would have to be liquidated.

I was thinking of the English speakers. You were contemplating Bush doing this weren't you?

[Verto]

Why would the US want Canada? We already have all the maple syrup we need.

[Dan Severn]

Originally posted by Frogger
I thought he was referring to Bush's accent.

GW really doesn't have much of an accent. Visit Texas, ye'll see what I mean.

BTW: It's a good Idea to let everyone you meet know you're canadian, and not a yankee.

[KrazyHorse]

That's why we all sew those maple leafs on our backpacks...

[KrazyHorse]

Visit Texas, ye'll see what I mean

I've been. It's not as bad as a Midwest accent...

[Dr Strangelove]

I took the kids to see "Stuart Little 2" today and learned the real reason Canada isn't part of the US. Apparently Canadians just like to be alone.

[KrazyHorse]

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[Dan Severn]

Originally posted by Frogger

Visit Texas, ye'll see what I mean

I've been. It's not as bad as a Midwest accent...

Iowans have no accent whatsoever. Their state is too boring to merit any more inflection than Steven Hawkings.

I always thought those maple leaves were marijuana leafs.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Dan Severn


GW really doesn't have much of an accent. Visit Texas, ye'll see what I mean.

BTW: It's a good Idea to let everyone you meet know you're canadian, and not a yankee.

Actually, the Texan stereotype accent is gone. It's been lost in the wave of Mexicans coming across the border.