04/03/2025
As you all know, I am independent and avoid partisan politics like the plague… but it becomes difficult to sit idle as we ruin relationships that have been built over many lifetimes. Here I am with my Canadian brothers and sisters at our joint base in Ali Al Salem, celebrating Maple Syrup day (as they had muuuuch better syrup in their supply’s, I just made pancakes). 🍁
“We’re more than friends and neighbors and allies; we are kin, who together have built the most productive relationship between any two countries in the world today.”
– President Reagan, Remarks at welcoming ceremony, Quebec City, March 17, 1985
“In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that literally tear nations apart, Canada has stood for all of us as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and respect.”
– President Clinton, Remarks to the Canadian Parliament, Ottawa, February 23, 1995