NATO cautions against division over Arctic

World | 574 hits | Jan 30 10:59 pm | Posted by: Hyack

The head of NATO has cautioned the alliance's Arctic nations -- including Canada and the U.S. -- to stay united despite the growing potential for conflicts among NATO members over energy resources and shipping rights in the increasingly open waters surrou

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by SaulT
Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:20 am
hmm...'em russians...
by roger-roger
Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:05 pm
Again we will have to turn to NATO to solve a problem the UN wants no part of. The UN seems too busy placating to terrorists these days.
by DerbyX
Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:42 pm
What does the UN have to do with this? The article did not even mentioned the UN. This is about the US, Canada, Denmark, and Norway getting along. Canada has as much reason to be concerned about US resource claims as it does the Russians, perhaps more so since the US has a greater potential to exploit its claims and won't hesitate to pursue its claims.
by Arctic_Menace
Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:32 pm
Canada has to worry about everyone except Norway. We and Norway are chill with eachother.
by Canadian_Mind
Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:42 pm
thats cause the only border we share is the north pole.

we shoudl try to fix that.
by bootlegga
Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:06 pm
"Eisensapper" said
Again we will have to turn to NATO to solve a problem the UN wants no part of. The UN seems too busy placating to terrorists these days.

Why would NATO help us instead of the US? Or Norway? NATO will to get involved in this dispute at all, unless a real conflict breaks out. Besides relying on an external organization or country to protect our sovereignty would be downright foolish.

The only people that can protect our sovereignty are Canadians.
by karra
Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:20 pm
"bootlegga" said

The only people that can protect our sovereignty are Canadians.

And our very best friend in the world, just to the south of us. . . .
by bootlegga
Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:59 pm
"karra" said

The only people that can protect our sovereignty are Canadians.

And our very best friend in the world, just to the south of us. . . .

Yeah, they sure helped us out in 1903 during the Alaska Border dispute...the only people I trust to worry about our sovereignty is us.
by karra
Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:01 pm
"bootlegga" said

The only people that can protect our sovereignty are Canadians.

And our very best friend in the world, just to the south of us. . . .

Yeah, they sure helped us out in 1903 during the Alaska Border dispute...the only people I trust to worry about our sovereignty is us.
lol, too funny - you have to go back 106 years to spew about dat?
by bootlegga
Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:28 pm
"karra" said

lol, too funny - you have to go back 106 years to spew about dat?

No, what's funny is your naivete in thinking another nation will give up billions of dollars in oil/gas, just because they are our allies.

Take a look at their claim in the Beaufort Sea and see if you still think that way...the only difference is back then it was yellow gold, today it's black gold.
by Streaker
Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:35 pm
"karra" said

The only people that can protect our sovereignty are Canadians.

And our very best friend in the world, just to the south of us. . . .

...and yet our "very best friends in the world" don't recognise our sovereignty in the North.

Boots is right: We gotta do it ourselves, and we don't owe the Yanks any thanks.