Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. -JFK
@TristinHopper Borden's war speech of August 17th, 1913 was one of the best,if not the best, of any start of WW1 speech. Laurier's "Aye, ready, aye" speech stands out. Just not at the center of things. Carney's Davos speech will go down as will Lousis St. Laurent's UN speech proposing NATO.
@DominicCardy@naturally_zo To be a contraion who also hates appeasement, the bridge deal might be a case of "choose your battles". There are many right now.
@PaulStewartII Does net revenue mean Canada gets to deduct interest before sharing 50% with USA or not? That is the question. Your post seems purposely unclear on that cardinal point.
@ReplayBuzz Another one that caused a misunderstanding by bureaucrats is "tableting a bill". In the USA it means putting it aside, in Canada it means going forward with it.
@jengerson Davos or not, Trump would be treating Canada the same way. He said that he wanted to annex Canada through economic pressure. What you are really saying is that USA fears middle powers aligning and cutting out the USA - USA should fear that - good. That's leverage.
@stoolpresidente Belgium was created as a neutral buffer state and its' neutrality was guaranteed by Germany, Britain, and France and Germany violated it twice. Belgium fought on the Entente side in WW1 with King Albert leading them. The Belgium government moved to London in WW2
@CraigBaird An under appreciated story, well told. The words "Remember Llandovery Castle" was the Canadian Corps battle cry of 8 August 1918, the decisive battle of Amiens, "the black day in the history of the German Army" according to Ludendorff.
@CraigBaird Denmark started it! They left schnapps and a note - "Welcome to Denmark". Canada retaliated with whiskey naturally. It is our land border with Europe, which USA doesn't have.
@JJ_McCullough I agree, it went from bi-cultural to multi-cultural to mosaic, seems to me there is more cultural differences between regions of usa than canada, except quebec