Canada vs. Russia

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edited August 2007 in A Moving Train
**Canada Plans Two Military Facilities In Arctic**
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/08/FD7AC568-FF37-4AF1-9250-FB8C44B95C14.html

"August 11, 2007 -- Canada says it plans to build two new military facilities in the Arctic, including a deep-water port and training center for Canadian military personnel.

The announcement on August 10 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper came a week after Russian explorers using submarines symbolically staked a claim to the region by planting a flag at a depth of 4,200 meters, beneath the ice of the North Pole.

The Russian effort has been regarded as a move to help advance Russia's claims to oil, gas, and mineral resources on the Arctic seabed.

Under international law, none of the surrounding Arctic states -- Russia, the United States, Canada, Norway, or Denmark -- owns the North Pole or the Arctic Ocean.

Sovereignty rights are guided by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Under international law, Russia, Canada, Norway, the United States, and Denmark currently each control 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zones in the Arctic Ocean extending from their coastlines.

But the law also allows a country to file a claim on additional territory beyond its exclusive economic zone if it can define the outer limits of its continental shelf -- in the Russian case the Lomonosov Ridge.

Moscow said the expedition would help prove that the North Pole is a geological extension of Russia."

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The US fights for oil against the Arabs in the desert... lame.

Russia fights for oil against Canada in the Arctic... EPIC!!!

A battle on the ice... just like in the Empire Strikes Back!!
Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Trailer wrote:
    Russia fights for oil against Canada in the Arctic... EPIC!!!

    A battle on the ice... just like in the Empire Strikes Back!!
    Which side will have the AT-AT's????
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • 69charger
    69charger Posts: 1,045
    Trailer wrote:
    **Canada Plans Two Military Facilities In Arctic**
    http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/08/FD7AC568-FF37-4AF1-9250-FB8C44B95C14.html

    Aww! That's soooo cute! Canada thinks it going to take on the Russian military! Such a big boy! Yes you are...YES YOU ARE... :)

    Time to take a nappy widdle Canada :D
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    69charger wrote:
    Aww! That's soooo cute! Canada thinks it going to take on the Russian military! Such a big boy! Yes you are...YES YOU ARE... :)

    Time to take a nappy widdle Canada :D

    haha...that's awesome...
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  • nickcat0
    nickcat0 Posts: 75
    I thought this was going to be about some hockey game .
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  • Trailer
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    tybird wrote:
    Which side will have the AT-AT's????

    It's pretty safe to say that it's gonna be Darth Putin against Stephen Skywalker. Russia's definitely got the AT-AT's... let's hope Canada's got some tow cables!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6938005.stm
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  • Songburst
    Songburst Posts: 1,195
    nickcat0 wrote:
    I thought this was going to be about some hockey game .
    Or at least bubble-hockey.
    1/12/1879, 4/8/1156, 2/6/1977, who gives a shit, ...
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    I say we have an igloo contest...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

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  • Trailer
    Trailer Posts: 1,431
    Is Banff the most beautiful place in Canada? I was definitely blown away!!
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Trailer wrote:
    Is Banff the most beautiful place in Canada? I was definitely blown away!!
    Have not made it to Banff yet..........Nova Scotia set the bar pretty high.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • righteousbabe
    righteousbabe Posts: 662
    We will just have a hockey tournament to decide who gets the territory. I like our chances. The U.S. should have used this method with Iraq.
  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    Trailer wrote:
    Is Banff the most beautiful place in Canada? I was definitely blown away!!
    Oh, man, I will never forget getting off the train in Banff when I was 17 years old in 1981, after days of train travel, and on the way further west to join my boyfriend. I thought it was the most amazingly beautiful place in the world. It was truly breathtaking. :)

    Edit:...er, I might be referring to Jasper....it's one of the two, whichever is on the cross-Canada train route. I get my sleepy little postcard mountain towns mixed up. :o
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  • Truthmonger
    Truthmonger Posts: 559
    tybird wrote:
    Have not made it to Banff yet..........Nova Scotia set the bar pretty high.

    Aye. 2 different birds, each beautiful in their own way.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Truthmonger wrote:
    Aye. 2 different birds, each beautiful in their own way.
    True......I plan on hitting the area sometime in the future.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • not4u
    not4u Posts: 512
    Trailer wrote:
    It's pretty safe to say that it's gonna be Darth Putin against Stephen Skywalker. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6938005.stm

    "stephen skywalker!?"... thats insulting, lol. lets hope this doesn't start for awhile. At least untill neither Putin or Harper are at the head...
    we don't want war, but we still want more?
  • Royals32
    Royals32 Posts: 160
    69charger wrote:
    Aww! That's soooo cute! Canada thinks it going to take on the Russian military! Such a big boy! Yes you are...YES YOU ARE... :)

    Time to take a nappy widdle Canada :D


    Haha, nice...but Canada isn't taking on anyone's military. The U.S. is.

    Remember that kid in school with the big brother who could kick anyone's ass, so he picked and chose his fights and he knew that no matter what, his bro would be there for him? Well, this is a fight Canada feels may be worth fighting, so we can start the fight and then let the big ol' USA come and take care of the dirty work while we have our little nappy...

    edit: Plus there's this... http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20070713_122358_4484
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  • Derrick
    Derrick Posts: 475
    The US would most likely be interested in protecting their arctic DEW lines even if the cold war is over.
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    i only going to say this : Go Russia!!
  • Trailer
    Trailer Posts: 1,431
    I say we just let Greenland have it!
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.

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