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vista
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posted 23 March 2007 08:19 PM

why couldn't it attack Canada for her water, on REAL "national security" issues?

All it would take is two particularly dry summers in a row in the corn belt, and we'd be expected to what? Bargoon away water?

Based on the soft-wood lumber deal, I don't like our chances.

So should we then simply 'give' water to the U.S.? after the soft-wood debacle?

And would they even hesitate for a second, given the Bush administration's propensity for "with us er agin' us" pre-emptiveness, to just march in and start sucking water from sources they considered to be "excess Canadian water"?

Or (which is even more intriquing), why wouldn't they, under the new North America security cooperation "agreement", just send in the Mexican Army to do their sucking for them ('cause, sure as shootin' Mexico's gonna need water too)?

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Croghan27
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posted 23 March 2007 10:42 PM

I have often thought we should welcome an American invasion. That way we can charge them the GST and send them home sadder but wiser.

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vista
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posted 24 March 2007 12:23 PM

shall we welcome them with open arms and flowers ala Iraq? And then give them the water? ala Oil?

Or should we allow water to be privatized, then sell it to them at the current market value, then have them drive the price up artificially, by cutting back "productiion" - just like they did with Iraq's oil!

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/37371/

- and let them make a fortune on Canadian water?

OR should we just secede to the U.S., run up the flag,and charge them a $million a head for the privelege?

(oh I prefer the last option, but quick, while the greenback's still worth something)

[ 26 March 2007: Message edited by: vista ]

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