Mr. Bush and Mr. Harper ... What in the Tarnation is This All About?

On February 14th, Canada and the United States signed a military agreement which allows the armed forces of one country to support the armed forces of the other country during domestic civil emergency even if that emergency does not involve a cross-border crisis.

The bottom-line on this agreement (Civil Assistance Plan) is that the U.S. military and the Canadian military can cross each others borders to fight domestic emergencies. My question is what possible "domestic emergency" could Stephen Harper be possibly expecting that would prompt him to enter into an agreement that would provide for American troops to be on Canadian soil? Riddle me that Batman.

Conversely, what domestic emergency is George Bush anticipating that he would need Canadian troops on American soil? It just doesn't make any sense on the surface. Are we looking at another WMD (weapons of mass deception) scenario.

This agreement has not been announced either by Mr. Harper's government or by the Canadian military. WHY NOT MR. HARPER? Why are Canadians being purposely left in the dark on this agreement?

In the U.S. this plan has not been submitted to Congress for approval, nor did Congress pass any law or treaty specifically authorizing this military agreement to combine the armed forces of the U.S. and Canada in the event of a "wide range of domestic CIVIL disturbances." Does this not violate the U.S. Constitution?

Once again, what do both countries know or think that they know which would cause them to take this seemingly pre-emptive action. What civil disturbances are they afraid might occur?

This agreement was signed at U.S. Army North Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, Texas by U.S. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, Commander of Norad and U.S. Northern Command, or USNORTHCOM, and by Canadian Air Force Lt. Gen. Marc Dumais, Commander of Canada Command.

Let me throw in this bit of information as it may pertain to this agreement. In May 2007, President Bush, on his own authority, signed National Security Presidential Directive 51, also known as Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20, authorizing the President to declare a national emergency and take over all functions of federal, state, local, territorial and tribal governments, without necessarily obtaining the approval of Congress to do so.

I would urge people on both sides of the border to seriously begin connecting the dots on this one and determine for yourselves what sort of picture is slowly being painted by Mr. Bush and Mr. Harper.