North Korean missile tests could threaten Canada: Harper

Should Canada join the U.S. missile defense program?

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JonB2004

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Canadians should be concerned about North Korea's mssile testing, Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned after meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush. "Missiles that are fired in the direction of the United States constitute a threat to Canada." Harper said.

Hours earlier, North Korea acknowledged for the first time that it had test-launched seven missiles from its east coast earlier in the week, including a long-range Taepodong-2 missile believed to be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to Alaska.

The United States and Japan have led the chorus of voices warning of serious consequences if North Korea persists in firing missiles. But North Korean officials vowed Thursday to carry out more tests.

Bush also warned Canadians of dangers during a joint news conference after he and Harper met at the White House in Washington. The President noted that a North Korean missile fired toward the United States could travel off course and accidentally strike Canada. "[North Korea] could be seemingly firing a missile at the United States — this is all speculation — that could be headed toward the northwest of our country and it wouldn't take much for it to get off course." Bush said.

Harper said his Tory government wasn't prepared at this time to open the debate on whether Canada should reverse an earlier Liberal decision and join the U.S. ballistic missile defence program.
But after the meeting, the Prime Minister stressed that he understood the need to have a "modern and flexible defence system" to combat missile threats.

Check it out at CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/07/06/north-korea.html


I think that the Conservatives should open debate and reverse the decision of the former government, so that Canada is part of the U.S. missile defense program.
 

#juan

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Aug 30, 2005
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Very likely,

the only way N.Korea can deliver their new nuclear weapons is with a ship. I could be wrong but I doubt if they have the technology to build an atom bomb that their rockets could carry. This is Bush's fright tactics, and Harper is going right along with it. We'll be in the American Missile Defence program before the year is out.
 

LittleRunningGag

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RE: North Korean missile

And what exactly is wrong with that? You realise that regardless of what we decide, if the Americans feel the need to shoot shit over our territory (to protect American lives), they are going to do it. An international incident would be the last thing on their minds.

We should at least have someone at the table so that we can have some input.
 

BitWhys

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Apr 5, 2006
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RE: North Korean missile

the only thing the US will be able to hit for sure with BMD is satellites. go look up a decent definition of "allies" and think about that.
 

Finder

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I think The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea is in the wrong by testing missles. But at the same time the USA itself who critizes this move has explouded nucler weapions, fired missles like a mad man, and have done a million other things which they see as an act of a rogue nation. Though I do not trust Kim Il, and I think they should stop with the weapions testing, I think the same of the USA.

You can't go around and test your own weapions and expect the rest of the world not to.

Also the overly aggressive stance North Korea has taken doesn't help there cause and is extremely aggressive towards the west.
 

tamarin

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Jun 12, 2006
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If a pauper nation like North Korea has sufficient funds to maintain its own missile program we need to look further than just the present stand-off. The nation is an enigma. It's like witnessing Jack the Junkman suddenly facing off with GM. How is a country that barely has two cents to rub together able to cause such military mischief?
 

Champloo

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JonB2004 said:
Has North Korea threatened anyone with their nuclear weapons?

They've said that putting sanctions on them is a direct act of war. Ide call that a threat.
 

notme01

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BUSH IS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER EXCUSE FOR A WAR EVERY COUNTRY HAS THE RIGHT TO HAVE WEAPONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES BUT THE BIGGER COUNTRIES THE MONOPOL DOEA NOT WANT THAT BECAUSE IF THEY WANT A COUNTRY AND THAT COUNTRY HAS WEAPONS WELL >>>>>>> YOU KNOW THE REST
 

Hotshot

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Champloo said:
JonB2004 said:
Has North Korea threatened anyone with their nuclear weapons?

They've said that putting sanctions on them is a direct act of war. Ide call that a threat.

Why should sanctions be put on them? Just because Bushski says so? They are entitled to have whatever weapons they want to defend themselves. Mind you North Korea has nothing the Yankees want so there won't be any armed retaliation.

For the past several years North Korea has been keeping to themselves. Let them be.
 

notme01

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Mind you North Korea has nothing the Yankees want so there won't be any armed retaliation.
ummm you have a point there but maybe it just to show power like Julius ceasar and Napoleon did and they both failed ..like it will happen again to Bush