Europeans and Wannabe Europeans
Just when you thought European and Canadian politics couldn't get any more trivial...
Two countries claim an island of no strategic, economic, or political importance, that's less than a hundred meters wide, and when a cabinet member of one such nation visits the island, the other sends a letter of protest?
I'll give Denmark credit for being one of the few countries with enough balls to send troops to Iraq and keep them there. I'll give Canada credit for sending troops to Afghanistan, even though they seem to have developed a nasty habit of finking out on us. But come on! Aren't there bigger fish to fry than a visit to some stupid little ice-encrusted island?
A visit by the Canadian defence minister to a barren island in the Arctic has sparked a row with Denmark.
Bill Graham landed on Hans Island, which is claimed by Canada and Denmark, during a tour of Canadian military outposts in the region.
The status of the island - an outcrop barely 100 metres wide between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland - has been disputed for more than 30 years.
The Danish government says it will send a letter of protest to Canada.
Two countries claim an island of no strategic, economic, or political importance, that's less than a hundred meters wide, and when a cabinet member of one such nation visits the island, the other sends a letter of protest?
I'll give Denmark credit for being one of the few countries with enough balls to send troops to Iraq and keep them there. I'll give Canada credit for sending troops to Afghanistan, even though they seem to have developed a nasty habit of finking out on us. But come on! Aren't there bigger fish to fry than a visit to some stupid little ice-encrusted island?
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