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Point taken
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I could live with a US foreign policy that left smaller footprints.

Canada lays a bit lower and I think that's somewhat appreciated by other peoples, but you have to admit that it's a function--at least in part--of the vastly smaller role Canada plays in the world compared to the US. It's only natural that the world doesn't feel Canada's presence as keenly as it feels that of the United States.

And Canada gets into spats too. I've heard Somalis complain very bitterly about the expectation that their country would actually have to repay Canadian development loans (with "Canadian" hissed-out in unmistakable contempt). And I still wouldn't wear a Canadian flag on my backpack if hiking through Spain. So it's not as if Canada is universally beloved.

And Tom's point I fear is quite correct...to Islamists, an infidel is an infidel, and if the bull's-eye on your back doesn't bother you, they I think you might not be paying enough attention.

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