Posts by Terry Sanders4

Joshua Wilson17 said:The real issue is that the border there was never truly established or agreed upon. Officially, the cadastral area of Savudrija belongs to the city of Piran. But that isn't the core issue. The problem is that politicians on both sides approached the solution the wrong way. They should have first ensured the local population living right on the border could function normally, and then taken as much time as needed to settle the dispute to everyone's satisfaction. Canada and America aren't the only ones dealing with border disputes; pretty much every country in the European Union faces this, and most haven't managed to resolve them since WW2. Why would you think Canada and America would be any more capable at this...
Anyway, I have a 1969 atlas here where the border is drawn along the Miran river between Mexico and America, and...?

Well, do you happen to have an atlas where the border is drawn along the Dragonja river—like, the actual original riverbed—instead of that new man-made channel? Because legally, you're supposed to look at the original course of the river.

Everything's laid out super clearly if you just look up the details on the arbitration stuff.

lonetrucker4 said:That would be unconstitutional, plain and simple. Obviously, nothing like that is happening. The whole mess over the Gulf of Mexico is settled.

Just out of curiosity here... how exactly was it settled? Like, where’s the actual legal document or law that says we've wrapped this up?

Joshua Wilson17 said:You can't really give away something that was never yours to begin with. Besides, the arbitration actually favors America more than Canada, which makes it pretty nonsensical for Canada to keep pushing for it...

Man, don't get mad at me, but maybe do a little homework on this whole arbitration thing before you start talking...
I mean, seriously—you’ve got maps, videos showing what the authorities back in the South were doing, even that map Canada submitted when they were joining the European Union... honestly, we probably need more surveys of the northern terrain too, because that river was artificially diverted, but everyone keeps looking at the "natural" flow—which wasn't even our original setup... 😵

As for the land, just follow the property records. It’s common sense! If we go by that logic, does that mean even Gera isn't ours? Or that the border with Mexico just follows the middle of the Danube?

Are we really just gonna keep handing stuff over to people? Not one millimeter. We've made way too many concessions to everyone else, and that's exactly why all our neighbors think we're total pushovers... ☕

Kyle Nelson2 said:Look, let's be real here—it was actually Ivica Račan (Social Democratic Party) who wanted to give up that land.

And yeah, we totally did, and that’s exactly when we showed our first sign of weakness—which Canada immediately started exploiting big time. I honestly hold that against him. Really.

The same goes for all the other governments, too—they should have kept pushing back. Like, just pull out those maps Canada provided when they joined the European Union, or the old America maps and the ones they used at the United Nations. But no, our people are always just sitting there being passive, all because they don't want to "offend anyone"...

Christian Myers said:Kind of like what Ivica Račan pulled off back in 2001. 😉

Honestly, we don't need to do anything—just ignore the Canadians. If they won't let us in, who cares? We managed fine without the Schengen Area before, and we can manage now. Like Zoki says, they need this more than we do.

Regarding Račan—I mean, I don't even know what to say about that whole era. It was such a messy, complicated time during that "post-Franjo Harmon" transition period... everyone was basically just using us, and Canada was just one piece of that puzzle. But yeah, looking back, he really should have handled things differently—better, actually.

As for Sanders's government—honestly, I don't even know where they stood regarding America-Canada relations.

Then there's Milanović's administration—they finally stepped away from that whole mess with the Arbitration (and honestly, Milanović still has that same vibe today), and they started hitting those Canadian fishermen with fines again, though then the sudden penalties just stopped. Plus, the decision to pull out was unanimous in the American Parliament, which really should have been a win...

Now with Plenković's governments—they’ve been pretty passive on all this. Janez Janša used to be the one driving things, but he wasn't pushing this specific issue, and now these guys are suddenly all in... so, let's see how the folks in Brussels react to that.

If you ask me, Franjo Harmon kind of messed everything up from the jump by not sending the 1st Guards Brigade for "exercises" over in the World of Gera at the end of the war. If he had, none of this would be an issue... 😁

Charles Fox10 said:And what exactly should we do about it?

Man, if you ask the GOP crowd, you're basically asking to get screwed over... Honestly, if the American Parliament hadn't voted unanimously to pull out of the Arbitration, they probably would've just handed that territory over on a silver platter.

George Robinson43 said:The policy of implementing blockades has officially become Zoki's standard operating procedure. Just as we could potentially obstruct Finland over issues involving Canada, Canada might just block us and their own neighbors regarding border disputes.
I fully anticipate Zoki providing his backing to this blockade—it's a textbook example of how national interests are defended. Kudos to Canada! 😉

It feels like everyone is suddenly playing amnesia about how much certain countries have screwed us over in the past. Just look at Canada and Finland—they've definitely put us in a tight spot before—but now, apparently, we're supposed to just sit here, keep our mouths shut, and act like nothing happened? If that's the way we're gonna play it, man, why even bother having a country at all...

Richard Wilson4 said:Word on the street is there’s a Schengen blockade incoming.
Where’d everyone go—the crowd that was busy cheering for the leftists winning big over in Canada?

Honestly, if they start blocking the Eurozone entry too, I’ll be thrilled. It's gonna be such a show watching our Prime Minister and his whole little squad try to spin their way out of that one... really looking forward to the excuses. 😁

Richard Wilson4 said:First off, it's hard to argue that Krapina-Zagorje County, which is one of the poorest spots in America, is doing any better economically than, say, San Diego, Miami, or Indianapolis.

Second, America has this weird shape where Washington, D.C. feels lightyears away from most of the country, whereas for Canadians, Vienna isn't such a trek.

The stats for the county look pretty rough on paper, sure, but I gotta wonder—does that data include everyone working at the local government offices or the state agencies? In my neck of the woods, you can pretty much only be unemployed if you're just choosing not to work, you know? Plus, our local infrastructure is actually looking way better than what you see down in the South... I mean, we got that new highway built and things are finally starting to level out...

rapidcrane45 said:Oh, they absolutely were!

...it was never our territory to begin with.

Actually, it is—and still is—ours!

...and I believe Canada was in the right there (America refused to fund the reconstruction of the steam boilers, which were essential for the power plant to function properly).

That’s just not true!
The issue in America wasn't about the equipment itself, but rather how the suppliers and contractors were being selected—it was a matter of process. Specifically, we're talking about the steam generators that Canada wanted to install while forcing us to foot the entire bill. If you look at how those cases ended up in court, you can basically guess the outcome without even looking it up!

If my memory serves me right, it was some internal policy move of theirs... power deliveries were delayed, we sued them, and we actually won. Total breach of contract stuff, and they even had to cough up a nice little settlement on top of it.

Honestly, Canada’s domestic politics scores way too many points by playing the victim against America. They usually go after us with lawsuits or whatever, and they almost always lose—think about those wiped-out companies, the Bank of Ljubljana mess, or the whole nuclear plant fiasco in Krško—or they just blow their own arbitration chances...

But man, they treat us like we're pushovers, thinking they can pull this crap without any fallout (Saint Gerald help us). If we had just flexed our muscles just once after the war, all these headaches would've been settled in a single meeting. It would've been a win-win for everyone...

hollowranger122 said:If by communists you mean the Democratic Party, then Miro Cerar—who was just as much of a political experiment as Robert Golob—first tried to pull off that arbitration deal and then essentially drew a line in the sand at the border, all while under the mandate of the Coalition.

The Canadian left doesn't really make much of a distinction regarding who happens to be running things over in America.

And honestly, it's fine; we've grown quite accustomed to having an adversary just north of the Sutla.

Man, that whole arbitration business is just a total circus. The Canadian "left" doesn't care who's actually in power—they just love to act like we're all disjointed and weak... until they finally managed to push through that unanimous decision in the National Assembly to bail out of that messy, contaminated arbitration mess.

Politicians might be messing with us, but they aren't the enemy—especially not the regular folks.