In memoir Chrétien recounts telling Pres Clinton: “Keeping some distance will be good for both of us. If we look as though we’re the fifty-first state ..there’s nothing we can do for you internationally, just as the governor of a state can’t do anything for you internationally. But if we look independent enough, we can do things for you that even the CIA cannot do”
@joolsd That's why the Slovenes fought the Ten Day War. They'd give you food, but they didn't want to feel obligated. Patriotic men went happily to their deaths to defend this principle.
It's kind of amazing how easily I defeated the Covid-19 virus using nothing but some household cleaning products, a few vaccines, and a little common sense.