A Bull in the China Shop: America’s Self-Inflicted Wound on the 49th Parallel

Op-ed by Bill Cara

I was not prompted to write this article by a political spat or a passing headline. I was prompted by a pattern of confidential, high-level concern that is both personal and global.

First, a private message from a senior figure in the US military-industrial complex. He expressed deep concern over the turn in US-Canada trade negotiations, writing, “I beli…