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Canada should never participate in military action it feels is unwarranted, friends or not. If Canada has been going along with never ending quests just because

Canada should never participate in military action it feels is unwarranted, friends or not. If Canada has been going along with never ending quests just because the other countries involved are "friends", then it is morally bankrupt for doing so. In the end though, Canada and every other country in the world should realize that the United States doesn't have friends, it has interests.

hourislate 7y ago
I'm curious whether you have noticed the incredibly serious situation in NYC and New Orleans and many other areas of the USA. At the moment they have more people infected of Covid-19 in just NYC than Canada has people infected across the whole country. Almost 1900 dead in just NYC. Do you not feel this is serious enough of a situation that it requires all the masks this American company makes to be sent to these hot spots? Should the US not try to save its own citizens lives above trying to be friends with Canada or South America? Why doesn't Canada manufacture it's own masks?
- FpUser 7y ago
  Same reason US does not manufacture a basillion things they import from China. But yes Canada should learn to be more strategic.
- NicoJuicy 7y ago
  Your facts also coincide with weak leadership and very bad/recent decisions about reducing subsidies for health institutions (even cancelling a pandemic warning system that already identified strains of corona!) in favor of tax cuts for the already-rich. That is most definitely not the fault of Canada to handle it better than the US. Also, the chance that a non-American company will have a crucial piece of the puzzle for solving this is very big. Good luck with your short-term way of thinking if other countries will put US on the last place on the list. I expect more on HN
FpUser 7y ago
"United States doesn't have friends, it has interests" - nothing new in here. True for any other country as well. Still it goes like I do something for you and you do something for me. So I hope next time it'll be a middle finger.
NicoJuicy 7y ago
That's not how alliances work in case of war. And you are forgetting one thing. Interests, as you described it, aren't making the US a top dog as it was. It's already ( under Trump) deteriorating faster than I could have imagined. And his actions are making it worse. Others are already trying to fill in the void and Trump is making it easier for them. This should leave you more worried than me if you only have "interests".

hourislate 7y ago

I'm curious whether you have noticed the incredibly serious situation in NYC and New Orleans and many other areas of the USA. At the moment they have more people infected of Covid-19 in just NYC than Canada has people infected across the whole country. Almost 1900 dead in just NYC. Do you not feel this is serious enough of a situation that it requires all the masks this American company makes to be sent to these hot spots? Should the US not try to save its own citizens lives above trying to be friends with Canada or South America? Why doesn't Canada manufacture it's own masks?

FpUser 7y ago
Same reason US does not manufacture a basillion things they import from China. But yes Canada should learn to be more strategic.
NicoJuicy 7y ago
Your facts also coincide with weak leadership and very bad/recent decisions about reducing subsidies for health institutions (even cancelling a pandemic warning system that already identified strains of corona!) in favor of tax cuts for the already-rich. That is most definitely not the fault of Canada to handle it better than the US. Also, the chance that a non-American company will have a crucial piece of the puzzle for solving this is very big. Good luck with your short-term way of thinking if other countries will put US on the last place on the list. I expect more on HN

FpUser 7y ago

"United States doesn't have friends, it has interests" - nothing new in here. True for any other country as well. Still it goes like I do something for you and you do something for me. So I hope next time it'll be a middle finger.

NicoJuicy 7y ago

That's not how alliances work in case of war. And you are forgetting one thing. Interests, as you described it, aren't making the US a top dog as it was. It's already ( under Trump) deteriorating faster than I could have imagined. And his actions are making it worse. Others are already trying to fill in the void and Trump is making it easier for them. This should leave you more worried than me if you only have "interests".