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To: Gulo who wrote (4544)	12/3/2004 8:25:29 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 37187

The larger issue is that it ties Canada directly to the US's "strategic" (read "nuclear") missile defense / offense policy. Lets say, for example, that the US decides to nuke Tehran. By participating in NMD we are for all intents and purposes as much a target for retaliation as the US would be. Some may argue that we are now already, but I don't buy that. There are other issues -- but another day...

To: Gulo who wrote (4544)	12/3/2004 9:37:01 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37187

Gulo, Is it a concern about U.S. military personnel that might be stationed here? What about the hundreds of soldiers we already have in each other's countries? We didn't feel threatened when the U.S. had a lot more people on the DEW line. No one complains about NORAD now (even before the commanding officer was Canadian). That's it for me. I think this is a different time. We are much less like Americans now. Then we had the commonality of the cold war. Do we now ? I think not. Region 5: Americas. American forces have been broadly, lightly based throughout Latin America since 1950. The strongest relationships in the hemisphere have been with Canada, Panama, and Bermuda, each with basing commitments of 3,000 to 15,000. The number of U.S. troops stationed in Canada declined sharply from 1965 to 1975 and is now only about 150. Most other nations in the region hosted U.S. forces year after year—usually less than 100—and none had annual billets over 1,000. heritage.org regards B. Edit... who is a Libertarian supposed to vote for and have it counrt :O) Edit 2: do you think the Americans would trust us top run our own show ?