Obama Compares Israel-Palestine Conflict to Disagreements Between U.S. and Canada ~ J O S H U A P U N D I T

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Obama Compares Israel-Palestine Conflict to Disagreements Between U.S. and Canada

This clip is from President Obama's news conference.

Huh? What?

Simply unbelievable.

3 comments:

UCSPanther said...: The last two times that Canada and the US swapped lead were in the 1800s, once in 1812, and once after the Civil War when a pack of Irish American war veterans known as the Fenians attempted to invade Canada in revenge against the British for their families' treatment in Ireland.

It's been peaceful since.; 1:45 PM
louielouie said...: he also put unleaded in a diesel.
then rode in on a donkey.
dumbass.; 4:25 PM
Anonymous said...: The 1st time the 2 great N American countries fought was during the American Revolution : the then-colonies ( in 1775 ) launched a number of attacks against Canada. As UCSPanther notes, there was the unprovoked attack against Canada during the Napoleonic War ( York --now Toronto--, the capital city, was burnt, including her parliament AND private buildings, & the Canadians, enraged, in return, burnt the White House & the Capitol building in Washington, DC, the American capital, with their British allies' help & aid --but not private property ). & The Fenians, as noted by USCPanther, supra.

But I wanted to jump as swiftly as possible to what might be the final fatality in US-Canadian relations : a pig ! In 1859, a pig belonging to an Irishman working for the famed Hudson's Bay Company started rooting in an American's potato patch in the disputed San Juan Island. The American shot & killed the pig. ( Please do watch the slide-show presentation at the English Camp barracks there . ) A truce, fortunately, was called by cooler heads & a joint occupation ensued. Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany was mutually agreed as the arbitrator, & he, after referring this matter to a 3-man commission in Geneva, ruled for the US. ( A fascinating visit, was last there in the 1990s ; do visit Bell Point & Young Hill ).

--dragon/dinosaur; 11:06 PM