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Canada is not the US's hat. The US is Canada's pants.

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The actual reason why Canada is not already a state, from Chretien's memoir recounting a conversation with Bill Clinton (lemmygrad.ml)
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https://books.google.ca/books?id=31A3GW76zKIC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&dq=Chretian%3A+%22I+have+to+tell+you+something.+I+don%27t+want+to+get+too+close+to+you.%22+He+looked+startled.+I+imagine+it+was+a+rare+thing+for+a+U.S.+Commander-in-chief+to+hear.&ots=6qWnsBOlr_&sig=ACfU3U0lXcxu5126--EkRQvKI95mBylLMw&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Chretian%3A+%22I+have+to+tell+you+something.+I+don%27t+want+to+get+too+close+to+you.%22+He+looked+startled.+I+imagine+it+was+a+rare+thing+for+a+U.S.+Commander-in-chief+to+hear.&f=false

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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel like this is a lot less compelling than it was 30 years ago now that it is extremely clear that international law doesn't mean anything

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

That's true the whole rules based world order narrative is basically dead now.