Who is The Best Friend of USA

The US and UK are said to have “the special relationship,” but that phrase ignores the fact that there is exactly one country with which the US has an even deeper bond. A story — shown in the movie “Argo” — will illustrate.

During the Iran hostage crisis of 1980, a number of US embassy employees got out and looked for a place to hide while the crisis boiled over. They went to the British embassy, but the British ambassador said, “I’m so sorry, but if I took you in and hid you from the mob, I’d be endangering my own family.”

Then they went to the Australian embassy and were told “I’m sorry, but if we took you in and hid you, we’d be endangering our own families.”

Finally, they went to the Canadian ambassador, who took in the Americans, despite all the risks to himself, his family, and his employees.

The US regards its relationship with both the UK and Australia very highly. But the relationship with Canada is different altogether. The reason Americans and Canadians would risk their own lives for each other, even risking their families, is because…

To the USA, Canada IS family. They are the liberal brothers and sisters in our attic, and we are the “Land of the Brave” with which they share most of North America, and to whom they sell most of their goods.

The great majority of Canadians, in fact, live not far from the border with the USA.

This is no idle statement. Why do you think Canada is able to get away with a small (but proud) military force? Because every country in the entire world knows that an attack on Canadian soil would be instantly interpreted as an attack on Americans, and vice-versa.

The US-Canada border is “the friendliest border in the world” (as well as being the longest, I believe) for good reason.

Because Canadians are family. You may have disagreements with your family from time to time (as during the Vietnam War), but even when you don’t agree on everything, in the final analysis, you know who your family is.