LTE: Consider benefits of Washington as part of Canada

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Bill Lider / Herald Forum

While Donald Trump opines on the ludicrous idea that Canada should become the 51st state, what about Washington state becoming the 11th province of Canada?

While Trump is serious in his illegal fever dreams of annexing Canada, Greenland, Gaza, and any other county he can bully, I am being purely facetious. But consider this:

The Oregon Treaty of 1846 with Great Britian gave the United States sovereignty over the Washington territory. Canada, the successor to this treaty, has the same legal right to reclaim Washington state as its own, as we do to reclaim the Panama Canal by reneging on our 1977 treaty with Panama.

Washington shares a 300-mile contiguous border with Canada making transit to and from our state a matter of simply crossing an imaginary line. You wouldn’t even need a passport to drive to Point Roberts or the north end of Ross Lake.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/herald-forum-consider-benefits-of-washington-as-part-of-canada/

[dem4decades]

1. Can New England go too? I can learn the words to Oh Canada.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. AI says during our Revolutionary War, George Washington invaded Canada

"During the American Revolutionary War, George Washington, as the commander of the Continental Army, authorized a military campaign to invade Canada, specifically the province of Quebec, with forces led by Generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold, marking the first major offensive operation of the war; however, the invasion was ultimately unsuccessful and ended with a defeat at the Battle of Quebec in 1775."

So Canada would like to accept our state named Washington?

[Wounded Bear]

3. We did the same thing in the War of 1812, with similar results...

but I think they're over it by now.

Washington already has the makings of a regional universal healthcare system that would probably fold right into the Canadian system.