Never has there been a time in the United States and Canada, in recent memory that has .
seen tensions between the two run so high. The American government, more specifically .
President Bush, has single handedly alienated the Canadian people by threatening to .
impose embargos on Canada's booming economy. In this essay, I will try to explain why .
tensions between the United States and Canada are running higher and higher between .
each passing day.
History has shown as well as in contemporary times that the United States flexes its .
power in the face of countries that do not comply one hundred percent with American .
policy. This flexing that the United States does in the face of these countries has been .
called "bullying-. Why should we continue to let the Americans over ride the United .
Nations Security Counsel on mere suspicion that a country has weapons of mass .
Destruction? The United Sates is the most powerful country on the planet in several .
ways. The United States has made it clear that it will "defeat- any countries that attempt .
to hinder the United States' goal to rid this planet of terrorists and/or rouge nations.
What ever happened to due process? What ever happened to a democratic vote in the .
United Nations Security Counsel? There are many theories as to why Bush bypassed this .
entire process. Many say Iraq was invaded simply because of its vast oil fields. I believe .
that was half the reason the United Sates went into Iraq in the first place. I believe that .
the former leader Saddam was an ogour who needed to be ousted as well as his deranged .
biological lineage. However, was this done the right way. Could there have been other .
ways to solve these issues in Iraq without a full blown invasion? I firmly believe so.
Canada currently has about one thousand of our troops stationed in Afghanistan. They .
perform several duties from peace keeping to terrorist hunting .This is to relieve .
American forces and enable them to deploy resources in Iraq.
Many see it as a primarily economic phenomenon, involving the increasing interaction, or integration, of national economic systems through the growth in international trade, investment and capital flows. ...