Republican John McCain said the desire by Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement would jeopardize crucial military support from Canada.
McCain used a town-hall style meeting today at Dell Inc. headquarters to emphasize his support for NAFTA. The effects of the 1994 trade pact are still hotly debated, but studies indicate the deal has resulted in record exports from Texas to Canada and Mexico.
Trade and national security are "interconnected with each other," the Arizona senator said.
"One of our greatest assets in Afghanistan are our Canadian friends. We need our Canadian friends, and we need their continued support in Afghanistan," McCain said. "So what do we do? The two Democratic candidates for president say they're going to unilaterally abrogate NAFTA.
"How do you think the Canadian people are going to react to that?" McCain said.
Canada has 2,500 troops serving in Afghanistan along with 29,000 U.S. soldiers.
Umm...Mr. McCain, parts of the Canadian government are already talking about removing ALL of their troops from Afghanistan. I don't think that's what I would consider a "good friend".
If they want to withdraw help from us, I fail to see why we should continue to help them.
I love Canadians as much as the next guy, in fact, most of the people in my World Of Warcraft guild are Canadians, but I certainly would be pissed if they, as a whole, supported removing troops from Afghanistan.
I don't believe that to be true as of yet. I think it's just the liberal party there in Canada, but if they do manage to remove their troops, I think there should be a fiscal penalty for that.
Just thought I'd throw that out there.
Oh, and just in case any of you are wondering, I play World of Warcraft with my wife and a bunch of other people from around the world.
I have a 70 warlock, a 60 shaman, a 60 mage, a 60 hunter, a 60 rogue, a 48 warrior, and a ton of other characters that are level 30 and below.
It's amazing that I have any free time at all with all my hobbies and this political site. :)
Travis
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