Oh, You Canadians

Who knows? There are many obscure patches of law in any legal system. It takes time for them to surface and the government to weed them out.

Still, quite silly.

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..what is up with Canada lately? They're just going crazy. All that pot and neutrality is getting to them. But why talk about Canada anyway? They are possibly the most laid back country on the planet. I don't think they've ever pissed anybody off except their citizens.

Having 2 000+ troops in Afghanistan doesn't make us neutral.

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[quote[When was the LAST time you went to war with someone? Oh, and 2000 is a drop in the bucket.[/quote]

Right. Never mind the fact that Canada held the NATO command for the mission in Afghanistan until 2006 and that it has seen much of the recent combat there. Far more than "a drop in the bucket", especially considering the size of Canada's population and Canada's military.

By the way, Afghanistan was in invaded in 2001-2002, not 2000.

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Right, 2000 troops, not the year 2000. My bad.

It's not a "drop in the bucket" considering where they are deployed - Kandahar, one of the most volatile provinces along with Helmand, controlled by the British. We also contributed aircraft in the Kosovo campaign and a contingent of ships, a field hospital and aircraft for the First Gulf War.

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Actually, Opium production has increased dramatically since NATO took over. I suppose you can do a lot more to curtail it when you have complete control of the civilian population...there's a lot of work being done to slow it down.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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]Simply not invading people for the hell of it hardly amounts to being "neutral".

No-one declares war or launches a military operation without reason. Canada as a power simply does not have the resources to justify unilateral action. The only possible unilateral action that would have the faintest possbility for Canada would be something against Denmark up north, and that's an incredibly remote possibility.

Canada has always acted through coalitions, be it the British Empire, the UN, NATO or other multilateral coalitions such as the original mission to Afghanistan or the Gulf War. The fact of the matter is, at thirty million people and with no enemies close by, it would irresponsible for Canada to engage in unilateral military action. Our military strength, therefore, rests on gaining leadership in multinational coalitions such as NATO (as seen in Afghanistan) and the UN through contributing troops and resources.

In this respect, we have been very successful. We're able to influence American polic through participation in NORAD and other military allainces with the US, we're able to protect our own interests in the UN due to the favour we have there by contributing good (as opposed to resource-leeching) contingents on UN missions and we have signifcant sway in NATO resulting from our strong support for the alliance, as seen in our Cold War German bases, Kosovo support and strong Afghanistan operations. Plus, we have allies gained through both trade and ideology, allowing us to have a seat at the G8, observer status at the EU and a couple of friendly permanent memebers of the Security Council (the US and the UK).

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