|
Man all of this back and forth. I've lived in Canada, I currently live in Texas, and have lived pretty much everywhere in between.
I can tell you that Canadians and Americans are pretty much the same, aside from dialect. This causes sibling rivalry, not penis envy or arrogance. Think about it, you constantly belittled your brother every chance you got growing up. Anything they did differently was inherantly inferior, however if they ever got in any type of real trouble you were there 100%.
WWI, WWII, Korea, Gulf War, Afghanistan. Pretty good track record for a country that only spends 2% of their annual budget on military spending in my opinion.
No, they can't take on a China or any strong military power on their own. However they know that no matter how much we bicker, the US would have their backs all the way.
What it breaks down to is we have pretty much the best border relations in history. And so the sibling bickering is the only thing we have left to do with each other.
__________________
"Smite the rocks with the rod of knowledge, and fountains of unstinted wealth will gush forth." - Ashbel Smith as he laid the first cornerstone of the University of Texas
|