''^ Yes your barren ice fields, small army, lack of major businesses (that weren't created in the US), highly socialistic government (in comparison to the US), failing socialized health care system, and absurdly ridiculous taxes are extreeeemely appealing to us. Which makes it all the more shocking that we haven't nuked Canada to kingdom-come yet and then claimed it as our own. ''
Wow. I was under the impression that Graves wasn't a complete idiot, but unless this was a joke (I hope and pray that it was), it appears that I was way off with that assessment... please tell me this is a joke. Barren ice fields? Have you ever been to Canada? Now, without direct ties to the US (Say, if the border was shut completely), Canada would doubtless suffer greatly. However, so would the US. Half of California's power comes from BC, and New York's power depends heavily on Ontario. Not to mention the freshwater sources that flow from north of the 49th parallel... I would NOT want to see the Canucks decide to put up any barriers. Which is one reason why that softwood lumber money needs to be repaid. We don't need anymore Caroline Parrishes popping up in the Canadian houses of parliament... a national anti-american voting coalition in the house, given the minority government, does not bode well for Canada-US trade, and that hurts both nations. Don't look at this from such a narrow perspective. Canada consumes more per person than the US, and the US is their major trading partner. Can the US survive without Canada? Yes. Can Canada survive without the US? Yes. Would that situation help either country? Big, massive no.
As for Nuking the north and annexing it... I'm assuming that that part at least was a joke. I hope the rest is, too, but that was just idiotic... as if world opinion of the US isn't low enough.
