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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (41679)	12/26/2001 4:01:48 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Those long lines at the border are NOT an aggressive action against Canada- -and you know it. Just for starters, it is an old and accepted right of nations to control entry into their national territory. And there are long lines at the Mexican border. The problem, in both cases, from the US point of view is the same: neither Canada nor Mexico is, from our point of view, properly screening entrants into their countries. If they don't, then we have to to try to catch people such as those behind 9/11. My understanding is that Canada is beefing up its entry screening. That should at some point at least ease that situation at the border. I don't recall any indication that Canada regards the new US border policy as an aggressive or unfriendly act towards it. Do you?

To: Lane3 who wrote (41679)	12/26/2001 5:54:42 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Do you think that those long lines at the border aren't a threat to Canada? In THAT case, so are customs inspectors. And INS agents. Is it your opinion that Mexico should declare war on the US because of La Migra? Does this mean that any laws the US passes that directly or indirectly affects its trade with another nation is "putting a gun to its head"? Because this was a discussion about "strong arming". They will figure out that it's too costly to them for us to be afraid of what might come over our mutual border and they will choose to control their other borders to better protect us both.>/i> And when they do so, I suspect those long lines at the border will disappear. I don't see that the US really has a dispute with Canada. It is, in fact, a very good longtime friend of the United States. I'd bet the good relationship between our countries will survive this problem. We don't have a problem with Canada. What we have is a problem with Muslim terrorists.