bloodbathmaster2 wrote:Canada already has its own 'states.' Thay're called provinces, and most of them are better populated than the US state of Alaska.
Alaska isn't a state...it's a HUGE military playground. Haha, we call it a state so we can test all our toys, tactics, and methods legally! I think the figure is around 97% of Alaska is uninhabited.
I think its inevitable that one day Canada will be absorbed, or merge, with the United States [The United States of North America perhaps?]. Most of the guys who live in the rural areas of Canada would love that, since they see Canada as a "brother" of the United States. There was a point where Alberta and British Columbia were once seriously considering becoming part of the United States. It's the people in some of the major cities (mostly the province of Quebec) that want to keep Canada as a seperate entity (seperate as in loose relations with the US). I know many Canadians, guys we used to train perodically with as well as others, that were outraged at Chretien for his seething remarks at the US (and they always call Quebec "Queerbec"). I believe, though I may be wrong, that Alberta was the first Canadian province to openly voice their support for the US action in Iraq, and then Ontario shortly followed suit.
Of all the allies in the world the United States has, Canada, Australia, and the UK are by far the best ones, because unlike most of the rest of the US's allies, their alliance with the US isn't all about financial/military gain (such as Turkey). But that Chretien guy has been using whatever power he has to screw up US-Canadian relations. I'm not just referring to Iraq (though it definately has gone further downhill from there), but a few years before that, and how Chretien has been trying to take Canada down the "EU mentality" instead of being what it is, the brother of the US.
My favourite Chretien blunder:
At trade talks a few years back, a representative of America said "we have to do something about the drugs passing the border"
Chretien said, "yes we have to do all we can to keep them moving freely"
Blank stares until someone said, "drugs?"
And Chretien said, "oh, I thought you said trucks!"
AND
Get a hold of the clip where I think he was asked about joing the war in Iraq and waiting until it is proven Sadaam had weapons..it goes something like:
"A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof it's proven."
We don't need Chiraque (or however you spell this idiot's name) criticising everything we do.
Haha, now you know how the United States feels.
My favorite photo of Chretien, where he grabbed a protestors neck and strangled him briefly:
![Image](http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RwDSAlQWMz3BB!wQfY26J3ewylqq!crPoC!3bCYSGlbdX7RQvZ5udRXRAv46r5QuEqlroVv66r*wvAh4aE5sCzMzM3!KPMIuUHlCW9Z6Xog/protesters.jpg?dc=4675449713523085538)