[news] Canada for Anti-Imperialists (Part II)

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Canada for anti-imperialists, Part II by Justin Podur; July 03, 2004   
>From local 'threats' to global 'threats' Desmond Morton, another completely 
mainstream and conventional historian, nevertheless makes a good point about 
the implications of Canada's military relationship with the US.  The only 
plausible military threat Canada has ever faced has been the United states, and 
in Morton's words: "Canadians found that one good way to keep the peace is not 
to prepare for a hopeless war.  Imagine if Canadians had dutifully assumed 
the old British defence burden... hundreds of thousands of Canadians would have 
spent their youth drilling and maneouvring for a war they could never win. 
 Ottawa would have spent millions of dollars on defence, but it could 
never be enough.  Alarmed at military threats on their border, Americans 
would have mobilized armies and matched cannon for cannon." (6, pg. 10)

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