35 Replies to “Showdown Over Hans Island”

  3. I suggest we put Martin and his gay blade defense minister into one of those Sea King death choppers and send em both up there pronto!!

  5. That’s got to be the picture of the year. I’ve got to send our Pentagon a copy, new weapons system, you know.
    A great recruitment poster too.

  6. We don’t have a Pentagon. Just a building like any other. It’s so Canadian, isn’t it?

  7. War at last.
    I always thought is would be against terrorists… not Denmark.
    Oh well, The CAF has to sharpen their teeth somewhere…

  11. Andy, there might not be money for snowsuits at the moment. The warriors who just the other day went to Afghanistan finally got to wear proper desert camoflage uniforms, so all funds for proper uniforms are currently spent. Hell, there wasn’t enough left over to replace the GREEN-foliage camoflage knapsacks the Libs kindly provided them with so they have a place to store their sandwiches and cookies.
    How would Paul Martin like it if he was forced to make do with a dainty little Hello Kitty lunchbox rather than have five-star room service in his plushly elegant PMO?

  13. Gee….I wonder how much sympathy we would get from the international community over this??
    Lets see…Denmark, part of the EU..so that leaves out Europe.
    Uhm…Russia? Nope, they want the north to be international waterway as well.
    China then? Sorry, it would go against their interests as well.
    Guess that leaves, you guessed it, Uncle Sam to cover our ass..oops wait, they say its an international waterway too.
    But then again the US could treat it as an international waterway under US protection like the Panama Canal used to be.
    Oh well.
    Looks like its us against the world.
    Sucks to be us.

  16. This is serious:
    >>>
    Then: War of Jenkins’ Ear
    The War of Jenkins’ Ear (1739-1742), which began in Europe on Oct. 19, 1739, and
    a year later merged into the War of Austrian Succession, ..
    Now: War of Graham’s Willy: courtesy of the:
    Librano$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
    Just in time for AdScam Martin to drop the writ for an election: Nothing like an enemy on your borders to win an election. Conscription, if necessary, but, not necessarily conscription: by the previous Willy (MacKenzie King). Dang, those
    Librano$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ are cunning linguists.

  20. “IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CODDDDDDDDDD!!!!!” Shout it with your Lie-bral friends, it’s fun!!

  21. We better send in the Subs, quick, uh … wait a minute .. they leak…. Ok … let’s send in the Sea Kings … uh wait a minute … they crash … uh… uh … to hell with it … Denmark wins .. your all slaves to the EU now..

  23. Typical Ottawa morons. 20 years ago the Turks and Caicos Islands wanted to become a part of Canada but we turned them down, because, hey, who would want Caribbean Islands when you can have a hunk frozen rock only a 1 day trek by dogsled to Greenland.

  24. Kada, wonderful example of Ottawa based brilliance.
    This may become a tiny point in history, only if these two mature nations continue to behave as petulant brats. This makes Gulliver�s travels and the Liliputians look like a documentary.
    Otherwise this will simply be an expensive waste of tax money once again. So much long-windedness about a diversion that is embarrassingly pointless.
    Pointless because if we neglect moves being made by China in Canada, there could be a check-mate made where the small stuff will certainly not matter at all.
    I heard that we were going to fly a shipping container up to Hans Island. Complete with negotiating table, chairs and a candle so both parties can negotiate future plans.
    Those plans are for the design and construction of an exclusive gambling casino and brothel, where pot will be perfectly within the law.
    Monty, where are you?
    Python, is that you? Get inside here before it turns blue and falls off. 73s TG

  25. The invasion of Hans Island by Denmark is a direct reprisal for the foisting of Ambassador Alphonzo on them by Tijean Cruton! (It’s gonna take more than a photo-op with Gina Lollobrigida to clean this one up.)

  26. The Hans Island dispute will likely fizzle on forever through diplomatic channels, with Canadian and Danish flags constantly replacing one another.
    However, it does bring up some interesting issues about defence, diplomacy and sovereignty.
    Let’s get defence out of the way first: regardless of the state of the Canadian Forces, Canada is in a far better position to hold this island than Denmark. Our “power projection” problem is much less serious than Denmark’s W-A-A-A-Y over there in Europe (they have nothing in Greenland). We also have a good cadre of troops capable of operating in Arctic conditions.
    Simply put: we can occupy it effectively (and sustain that occupation) and they cannot.
    On the diplomatic front, our dear Liberal government is famous at burning bridges – particularly with the ONE power which could lend effective moral support on this – the US. As we share North America with them, we could have played on their traditional dislike for European meddling in our continent (the Monroe Doctrine, anyone?) But N-O-O-O, instead we spite them at every turn.
    And guess what? Canada took a pass on Iraq but Denmark didn’t. So who’s in the good books with the US now?
    So much too for all the bleating and mewing about developing stronger ties with the EU to counterbalance our reliance on trade with the US. Who do you think the EU will give its moral support to? Canada? Or Denmark, one of its member countries?
    Sovereignty is what makes this nasty little rock in the middle of nowhere important. Anyone who doesn’t think so should google “Spratly Islands” or “Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands.”
    A bit of rock sticking out above the water provides the country which owns it an economic zone, a territorial/litoral zone and, above all, rights to any resources in the waters surrounding it.

  27. Denamrk should be shaking in its boots–don’t forget, Canada invaded Norway and the world didn’t even notice! Damn, we are good!

  28. Regardless of what Smokey did in the past recently we sat out of Iraq Because The PM had personal ties to the oil for food thingy and we have become so weak that even mighty Denmark thinks they can kick sand in our face and they can.
    Because we are whimps these days which are a long way from august 8 1918. Now we have the combat bra, multicultural hiring incentives and all soldiers are trained in sexual harassment prevention….
    Oh and we have maternity combats. That’ll scare the Danes pregnant women waddling across Hans island toward them with swollen ankles.
    I saw a lot of changes for the wimpish when I was in during the 80’s, it hasn’t gotten better.

  30. Daily poll question on the telus page concerns Canadian response to the Hans island situation.
    Leading response, at 32%, is “declare war”. Yummy!

  31. If you look at the plane’s tail, you will see it is from the Swedish AF.
    Sure, let’s use the Swedes to whack the Danes!!
    And to Herr Larson, you are Swedish,
    Jeg ar Danskene!!
    Fra Herr Larsen 😉

  32. “If you look at the plane’s tail, you will see it is from the Swedish AF.”
    Ha ha! Very funny.
    But seriously, if you look at the tail, you’ll see it’s an F-16 from the 20th Fighter Wing United States Air Force based at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
    This particular airframe (84223) apparently flew 44 missions in DESERT STORM.
    Also, this is an old picture. This aircraft was at Ellington Field AFB near Houston, Texas as of 2000.
    Always glad to help (I’m in a geek mood).

  33. Damn, JJM, you’re good. And I thought I was good at id-ing fighter planes. It’s a hard angle to tell from, so I was thinking an F/A 18. I knew it wasn’t Canadian, though.

  34. Professional navigational channel engineers agree unanimously the Hans Island is a world shipping and navigation hazard.
    For safety reasons, Hans Island must be blasted away to a significant depth and the whole operation will be away more expensive than the blasting of Ripple Rock was just up from Campbell River B.C.
    Canada now admits their claim to Hans Island was an error and apologizes to the Danes.
    After all Hans Isl. is closer to Greenland, Mr. Graham said.
    Bill Graham said something like, *We are sorry for any misunderstanding. Hans Island is yours and we hope you enjoy it.*
    Denmark then insisted, * No, the error is ours. We now admit you placed a Canadian Flag on Hans Island and that action makes Hans Island yours.
    Both sides had firmly locked in heels on the issue until someone suggested giving the Island to Barbados.
    The decision to deed Hans Island to Barbados was fully agreed to by both countries.
    Both parties agreed that since Paul Martin’s Canadian/ Barbados Steam Ship Lines will be the prime users of the straight, they could logically expect Barbados to fund the removal of Hans Island. 73s TG

  35. JJM
    You did not mention that 84223 belonged to 111st Fighter Squadron, previously 111st Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Dan Rather’s favourite Texas ANG unit.
    Cheers
    JMH

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