The amazement that someone would not be willing to see his or her country defended against incoming missiles is nowhere better illustrated than by the words uttered by George Bush when during a meeting with Canada’s Prime Minister he was told a missile defence shield was a politically difficult proposition:
‘I don't understand this. Are you saying that if you got up and said this is necessary for the defence of Canada, it wouldn't be accepted?' ”
It’s hard to believe, but that appears to be the case. In the Canadian press this exchange of words has now been branded as bullying, but Bush couldn’t have been any more diplomatic when he argued that:
I'm not taking this position, but some future president is going to say, Why are we paying to defend Canada?'
