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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: marcos who wrote (4476)	11/21/2004 3:59:10 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 37188

Canada does have common cause with the United States on many issues of domestic security, no argument there. My primary opposition to NMD is that its a waste of money. Nuclear stalemate is cheaper and is in place now; NMD is completely unproven. Because NMD is unproven ( you can find quite a bit of documentation that suggests the technology is many decades away - computing power not yet being sufficient ) yet the US is so willing to pursue it, its only prudent to look for other possible motivations, in my opinion. Sovereignty is one; restricting allies from taking opposing stances on key issues of foreign policy being one principle area where sovereignty may first be challenged. There are some simplistic issues as well - location of bases etc. US domestic policy is driving the action in the middle east, but this is not the first time we've seen supposed security or military objectives directly tied to trade or domestic consumerism. For a useful read on the tie-in between US trade policy and soft or hard "imperialism", here's an excellent summary: Message 20788512