dianavan, I think we're getting caught up in some kind of convolution.

Your citing 'They probably think we're so nice them 'cause we like them' from JohninKansas 9:39AM confuses me further. You must be able to understand that sentence better than I do.

My answer below is responding to your statement above. And when I asked, What's YOUR excuse, I was referring to the fact that your take on it is how awful the US is for what it does to Canada- my question iz, Why does Canada allow it? She must benefit in some way, a way that is not necessarily an obvious way to some of her citizens.

You said: "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

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