Oh, Canada

Lgf links to an article by the Canadian National-Post reporting that Canada will not cooperate with US missile defense plans. The requirement by Canada that the US must seek permission before firing any kind of missile over canadian airspace is a devilish one. The US is still highly worried about transpolar missile launches: while North Korea would use a trajectory that would come in across the pacific, Iran or any other Middle Eastern power would transit the arctic on it's way to the lower 48.



This is a definite step, because this moves Canada into a position of strategic opposition to the United States. Like France preventing our jets from flying over it on their way to and from Libya, this is a blockade intended to harass us and prevent the US from mounting the most effective self-defense possible. That Canada has bought in to the Euro-Chinese "counterweight" paradigm is deeply saddening. Another parallel is that, when it is needed, the US will do what is necessary and casually override the roarings of Canada's paper tiger. In the end, Canada will pay the price for carrying France's water for it.



For further thoughts, Chrenkoff pointed me at Bill Roggio.