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Originally posted by MrPopup
The motion's true ineffectiveness is that it puts off till another day our dealing with the core issue in Canada-U.S. relations. This is, that the U.S. is now Rome, a global empire, not just dominant but almost omnipotent.
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just keep burning our flags.
it motivates us.
The article above basically points out the medicority of being a non existant, non-empire.
In a world of empires, you cant simply be peacemakers.
'Just one example of our decline: We think of ourselves making our contribution to multilateralism as peacekeepers (rather than as warriors). In fact, as contributors to U.N. peacekeeping we now rank 39th, behind tiny Nepal and bankrupt Bangladesh.'
Bangladesh above our closest ally?