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I grew up in Niagara Falls, ON. My father worked in Niagara Falls, NY. Knowing about the US and following events and politics came naturally.
I grew up during the space race, and the cold war. In many ways liberal Americans helped to form my belief set. I saw racism and poverty on the other side of the Niagara River. We had almost no blacks in NF, ON. Maybe a dozen families.
I saw the peace movement and the role that music played in advancing liberalism and peace in a country that was being run by people who did not hold those values.
I learned that the US was the only country to use nucleur weapons. And I know that you possess something like 40% of the worlds arsenal of weapons of mass distruction.
You have a history of imperialism and militarism, going back to your fourth President and his invasion of what would become my country. Anybody who lives in a country that has been invaded by the United States, feels uncomfortable when you invade another country.
You do not stand up to your treaties and believe that your money can get anything that you want. When you do travel, you do not pay much respect to the natives of the places that you visit.
You blame the world for not helping during the greatest natural disater in your history, but you are not interested in accepting offers of help.
We watch you, we pay attention to you because you affect us.
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Paul
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