OH, CANADA!!

A favorite theme here at the diner is Canada, specifically, how useless Canada is.  Canada has become so completely dependant on the United States for protection, it has all but eradicated it’s armed forces.  With that thought in mind, this headline from the Edmonton Sun says it all:
 
“Tired navy takes year for a rest”
 
It seems Canada was able to muster one whole ship to help in the Middle East and now it’s coming home with it's single helicopter broken because they're all tuckered out.  (pouty face inserted here).
 
“The Canadian navy will sit out the war on terrorism for one year in an effort to give exhausted sailors a chance to recuperate. HMCS Toronto left the Arabian Sea and the American George Washington Carrier Strike Group July 4 with a broken Sea King helicopter on deck.
 
And the navy has quietly decided against dispatching a replacement ship until spring 2005 at the earliest.”
 
Oh, get this,
 
"It's been a very, very busy six months."
 
Wow!!  A whole six months!  No wonder you guys are exhausted!
 
Look, the entire Canadian navy consists of 16 ships, 4 submarines, 2 tankers and 12 coast guard-type ships.  This, from the country with the longest coastline of any country in the world, 202,000 kilometers.  By comparison, the United States navy has over 300 ships, including 12 aircraft carriers alone.  Heck, the US Coast Guard has 30 cutters, not counting all of the other support ships, all for a coastline of 20,000 kilometers.

Canada is a laughingstock, a pretend nation to be ignored at best, invaded when we have the time.