Canada picks a fight...

We're going to war with Denmark

Our beavers will eat their wooden shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great Danes will be now called Great Big Doggies

and danishes are now known as Freedom Pastries.
 
Professur said:
Funny. I can't remember Canada ever needing the US to help them win anything.


hockey gol;d, we needed them to lose, and they obliged

war of 1812 same thing.

to remain humble all the allied countries needed them to take credit for EVERYTHING that happened in WW2, even before they joined in.
 
paul_valaru said:
hockey gol;d, we needed them to lose, and they obliged

war of 1812 same thing.

to remain humble all the allied countries needed them to take credit for EVERYTHING that happened in WW2, even before they joined in.

But that wasn't a canadian war, was it? As I recall, Canada sent troops to support the British war effort.
 
Professur said:
But that wasn't a canadian war, was it? As I recall, Canada sent troops to support the British war effort.

Exactly, prof. The Canadians, then a British colony, were used to support the British effort. Of course, the British soldiers who burned the White House did so when the US army had already vacated the area, only did so for spite...;)
 
paul_valaru said:
to remain humble all the allied countries needed them to take credit for EVERYTHING that happened in WW2, even before they joined in.

Last time I took a history course, the allies had lost almost all of Europe before the US joined. Secondly, it was the US who was sending arms and aircraft to those same allies before we joined. ;) Now, to be fair, the allies were doing a decent job holding the Germans at bay even though they were losing the war before we joined, but they were doing so because the German army decided to invade the Soviet Union before they took care of the rest of Western Europe first...
 
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a 1.3 sq/km godforsaken rock in the middle of nowhere.
 
Nope. No gas. No precious minerals. Nothing except hurt feelings because the Danes stuck up a flag on it a while back even though they said that they were going to hold back until the territorial dispute was sorted.
 
Now two Canadian warships, the Shawinigan and the Glace Bay, are on a mission to display what Canada calls its territorial sovereignty over parts of the Arctic it believes are within its borders.

Hmm poor boys are in for a fun trip. HMCS Glace Bay was my first ship.

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The US has already said it regards the passage as an international strait, not Canadian waters.

Ha! I bet if the yanks swapped places with us, they would still consider the northwest passage an international strait. :rolleyes:

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Wow! look at that... it runs right through Canada!
 
K62 said:
Ha! I bet if the yanks swapped places with us, they would still consider the northwest passage an international strait. :rolleyes:

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Wow! look at that... it runs right through Canada!
You're wrong. We yanks wouldn't use the term 'international' for anything except under duress. Its all about 'I' 'me' 'my'.
 
K62 said:
Ha! I bet if the yanks swapped places with us, they would still consider the northwest passage an international strait. :rolleyes:

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Wow! look at that... it runs right through Canada!

And 3 other countries to boot. Let's see here...Canada, Greenland, The US, and Russia. If it just meandered past Canada, you'd have a point. Until then, shut up, and soldier. ;)
 
Gato_Solo said:
And 3 other countries to boot. Let's see here...Canada, Greenland, The US, and Russia. If it just meandered past Canada, you'd have a point. Until then, shut up, and soldier. ;)



Look at that map again, Gato.

You DO NOT have to enter Danish waters to enter the passage, yes the drawing shows the line hugging the Danish shore, but use your thinker for a second. You could as easily stay in the center, or off the Canadian shore.

Now, between Russia and Alaska. You only have to enter the waters of ONE of these countries for a very short period of time until you are back into international waters.

You DO NOT have to enter the waters of four countries, but only two.
And much of the passage is in Canadian waters.


In 1985 the U.S. icebreaker Polar Sea was sent through. The U.S. Government made a point of not asking permission from the Canadians for the passage. They claimed that it was simply a cost effective way to get the ship from Greenland to Alaska and that there was no reason for them to be asking permission to travel through international waters. The Canadian government maintained that the waters were internal to Canada.
 
K62 said:
Look at that map again, Gato.

You DO NOT have to enter Danish waters to enter the passage, yes the drawing shows the line hugging the Danish shore, but use your thinker for a second. You could as easily stay in the center, or off the Canadian shore.

Now, between Russia and Alaska. You only have to enter the waters of ONE of these countries for a very short period of time until you are back into international waters.

You DO NOT have to enter the waters of four countries, but only two.
And much of the passage is in Canadian waters.

Now, now. Don't get testy. You look again. The map clearly shows that the route starts at Greenland, passes by Canada, and dips between Alaska and Russia. Four countries. ;)
 
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