Gato_Solo said:
paul_valaru said:Our beavers will eat their wooden shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Professur said:Funny. I can't remember Canada ever needing the US to help them win anything.
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.
Professur said:But that wasn't a canadian war, was it? As I recall, Canada sent troops to support the British war effort.
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.
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.
The US has already said it regards the passage as an international strait, not Canadian waters.
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.
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.
Wow! look at that... it runs right through Canada!
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.
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.