by Iroquois » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:34 pm
The Invasion of Canada<br><br>by Michel Chossudovsky<br><br>December 31, 2005<br>GlobalResearch.ca<br><br>A recent Washington Post article entitled: <br><br> Raiding the Icebox; Behind Its Warm Front, the United States Made Cold Calculations to Subdue Canada, by Peter Carlson (30 December 2005), <br><br>focuses on a detailed US Plan to Invade Canada entitled "Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan -- Red," It was formulated in the late 1920s, approved by the US War Department in 1930, updated in 1934 and 1935, withdrawn in 1939 and declassified in 1974. (See complete WP article below)<br><br>Following the publication of the WP article, which was casually presented as political humor, Canadian network TV and print media were quick to dismiss the matter outright. <br><br>It was in a bygone era. It no longer applies: the US administration would never dream of actually invading Canada. <br><br>Yet upon more careful examination, an ongoing plan to annex Canada to the US, is still (unofficially of course) on the books. The underlying procedure, however, is not straightforward as in the case of an outright military invasion (e.g. under the 1930 "Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan -- Red"). Today, it involves what the media refer to as "Deep Integration", which constitutes a more polite term for "Annexation". <br><br>"The Icebox" in the WP article refers euphemistically to a country we call Canada, a vast territory of strategic significance for the US, with tremendous resources extending from Coast to Coast; South from the St Lawrence Valley to the North West territories and the US Alaska border. <br><br>US Northern Command<br><br>The "invasion" of Canada is in many regards a fait accompli, a done deal. In 2002, when US Northern Command (NorthCom) was launched, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stated unilaterally that the US Military could cross the border and deploy troops anywhere in Canada, in our provinces, as well station American warships in Canadian territorial waters. <br><br>More specifically, the redesign of Canada's defense system has been discussed behind closed doors at the Peterson Air Force base in Colorado, at the headquarters of US Northern Command (NORTHCOM). US Northern Command's jurisdiction as outlined by the US DoD includes, in addition to the continental US, all of Canada, Mexico, as well as portions of the Caribbean, contiguous waters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans up to 500 miles off the Mexican, US and Canadian coastlines as well as the Canadian Arctic.<br><br>Rumsfeld is said to have boasted that "the NORTHCOM – with all of North America as its geographic command – 'is part of the greatest transformation of the Unified Command Plan [UCP] since its inception in 1947. <br><br>This "bi-national integration" of Canada has, since 2002, been the object of continuous negotiations between Washington and Ottawa. Upon the completion of these negotiations, Canada is slated to become member of NorthCom in 2006. <br><br>A year ago, in November 2004, I addressed these issues in a detailed article entitled: <br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20050616&articleId=174">Is the Annexation of Canada Part of the Bush Administration's Military Agenda</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>While the article was widely circulated and debated on the internet, it was never cited or quoted by Canada's mainstream media. <br><br>A shortened version of the article was submitted for publication as an Oped piece to a major Toronto daily paper, which initially expressed interest in publishing it. <br><br>Following several email exchanges, the shortened article was accepted for publication on three separate occasions. But it never appeared in print. A few months ago, the article, received a 2006 Project Censored Award by the University of California, Sonoma, School of Journalism. <br><br>With a view to promoting debate as well as media awareness prior to the January 2006 federal elections, we reproduce the following documents: <br><br> 1. The article in the Washington Post entitled: Raiding the Icebox; Behind Its Warm Front, the United States Made Cold Calculations to Subdue Canada, by Peter Carlson, 30 December 2005.<br><br> 2. Is the Annexation of Canada Part of the Bush Administration's Military Agenda, by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, November 2004<br><br> 3. US, Canada and Mexico rollout border plans, by Shaun Waterman, UPI, July 2005<br><br> 4. "Securing the North American Security Perimeter" Dismantling the US Border, Bringing Canada and Mexico into Fortress America, June 10, 2005 CNN<br><br> 5. Mexico and U.S. put “Security Perimeter” on fast-track, Mexidata, by José Carreño, May 20, 2005.<br><br> 6. The Bill to Annex Canada into the US (1866). [Text of Bill approved by the US Congress in 1866. The latter preceded the 1867 Alaska Purchase from Russia and the subsequent establishment of the Canadian Confederation under <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/ca_1867.html">The British North America Act of 1867</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->. Read the text of this Bill carefully. It is still relevant. Incidentally the term "Icebox" was first used in relation to the Alaska Purchase.] <p></p><i></i>
