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Originally Posted by OFKU0
You know, somehow I understand what you are saying. Americans are a compassionate and a passioned people. So are Canadians. But your administration isn't showing much in terms of patience since the inception of the "with us or against us" slogan to the masses.
Sometimes the U.S just acts, in a split of a second in rebuttal, with such an 'in your face' attitude of condemnation of any sort not to their liking. Good grief. The rest of the world gonna sign on to be led down the garden path by the U.S and be it's honored "allies"?
We are at a defining moment in Canadian history as well the world's and Canada is vying for a global position to take herself into the future and it's betting on the diplomatic, peaceful and respectful reputation in common with the rest of the world. If that means Canada get's screwed by the U.S over trade etc,..because it doesn't comply like a lagdog, then so be it. Maybe 50 years from now the world won't have anything to do with the U.S. Then what?
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I think that therein lies the problem.
You're right, Canada and the rest of the world are facing a critical moment in history. Diplomacy is only successful if it's failure can be backed up by force. Ask Neville Chamberlain how well peaceful diplomacy works. Canada is following the ways of "Old Europe", a path that leads only to irrelavency.