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* After Canada recently refused to participate in the US Strategic Missile Shield, the US government accused Canada of relinquishing sovereignty over its airspace and prompted a statement from US Ambassador Paul Cellucci that the US would shoot down missiles over Canada whether Canada gave permission or not. - CP, Feb. 24, 2005. (Two years ago I clipped a story from the National Post stating that Canada should not be surprised when US troops occupied the country to protect the US. From Canada?!).
* US forces in Iraq have apparently attempted to murder an Italian journalist who was freed after negotiations with her captors. They succeeded in killing an Italian Secret Service agent and US stories of the account are falling under widespread criticism and rebuttal. Anti-American sentiment in Italy is bubbling over. - Multiple sources.
* China is experiencing massive shortages of coal to power its electrical generation. - Multiple sources.
* China is already buying and hoarding 60% of the world's commodities: (Oil, Cement, Aluminum, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Steel, Coal, Gold, Silver, etc.). It has bought so much cement that it has caused a slowdown in US construction. Last year it bought 90% of the world's steel output and shipped it to China - Multiple sources.(Holy cow, my emphasis /jc) Why? Because soon there won't be enough fuel for the globalized transport of such heavy things, nor, presumably, for their industrial exploitation. The world may also be at war shortly, further endangering international trade and transport.
My thoughts /jc:
1) Whether Canada was an official full partner in BMD or not, assuming BMD ever got to the point where it actually worked as advertised, I believe it's bullshit to think they would hesitate for one second looking for permission from Canada to shoot down incomming missiles over Canadian territory. If we were partners they might give us a choice like this, "Do you want us to try to shoot it down over Inuvik, or Yellowknife?" The only difference is as non partners, they'll no doubt make that choice for us.
2) Re the stationing of US troops on Candian soil, if the energy situation is as critical as Ruppert and other Peak Oilers believe, I could easily see Canada being further absorbed willingly or unwillingly into the US orbit and US troops being stationed in Canada, no doubt to help protect us from those nasty terrists types who might try to sabotage our natural gas pipelines and tar sands plants. As Ruppert says:
The New World Order is not a monolith; no single group of rich folks sits together in one room debating our planetary future. It is, quite literally, a new order in which world power aggregates along geographic/geologic lines, forcing regions to become players against each other and running roughshod over the nationalist sentiments of their subject populations. The regions are Europe (including Britain), Asia, South America and North America. Woe to those nations who are stuck in between.
The enemies of the US will by default become the enemies of Canada, period and end of discussion.
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