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Originally Posted by silent_jay
I'm hoping we can find other markets for Canadian beef, I still think this decision has something to do with the missle defence shield. If we had said yes, the border would have reopened as usual, but as we made up our own minds and the US has huge problems with a country who makes its own decision they chose to keep the border closed. I'm really getting sick and tired of the US trying to force everything they believe in down peoples throats, I hope the day comes when the US gets put in thier place by someone or some country. Fuck that will be a great day.
If the US doesn't get what they want they become the child that takes thier ball home when they begin to lose.
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Welcome to the world of foreign policy.
Countries exercise pressure on other countries in accordance with their national interests. You appear to have a hard time accepting the fact that the United States will act in the best interest of the US, not Canada.
I like your "take their ball and go home" analogy. If Canada is an ally of the US, why do they frequently attempt to thwart our foreign policy? Or
call our leaders morons? The US may very well be taking their ball and going home, but not because they are losing. They are going home because they don't want/need to play with you anymore.
The one acting like a child is you. You think Canada can act however it likes and the US will still give them whatever they want. It is like a kid calling his mom a bitch and then asking for his allowance. If Canada wants things from the US, they have to act a certain way. Just like if the US wants things from Canada, the US has to act a certain way.