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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
I don't see how the US can enter Canadian airspace without our permission? If we wanted to defend ourselves (granted with our highly underfunded and underequipped military), we would.
I think Mr. Celucci ran his mouth. I think the Canadian government exercised its sovereignty by saying, yes, we'll sit down an discuss this with you, and then by saying, no, we don't want to be a part of it.
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I agree with the first paragraph here, and I think that's the real issue at hand - frankly, although I can understand the relative dangers of fallout to American citizens (seeing as the vast majority of Canadian citizens live in the south), I can't really understand the line taken here as espoused by Celucci, and I can't imagine it's legal. I also can't imagine how Canadians would turn continued US development down, other than the legal arguments, but that's a digression and really isn't all that germane to the true issues. (after all, from a selfish standpoint, it's free for Canada at that point, and who knows, someday it might even work)0
As far as the second paragraph, while it is completely correct, I was trying to point out the different degree in the use of the term (airspace violations vs. the ability to rule yourselves). Also, I completely agree with the first sentence of this paragraph as well - the guy probably should have kept his mouth shut.
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