"The U.S. isn't so 'nice' to Canada. The U.S. fouls our air, refuses our beef exports, steals our salmon, does not honour trade agreements, demands our energy resources and bullies us into military defense and intelligence co-operation.

"The U.S. does not 'like' Canada but needs our co-operation and depends on our energy and other resources. " dianavan

One more time: What's YOUR excuse? One cannot have a victim without its cooperation of some kind.