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President Obama was in the Oval Office wondering what he would do next, when his telephone rang.  
 
"Hallo, President Obama " a heavily accented voice said. "This is Archie, up ere at the Harp Seal Pub in Badger's Cove, Newfoundland, Canada, eh? I am callin' to tells ya dat we are officially declaring war on ya!"  
 
"Well Archie," the President replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?"  
 
"Right now," said Archie, after a moment's calculation "there is myself, me cousin Harold, me next-door-neighbour Mick, and the whole dart team from the pub. That makes eight!"  
 
Obama paused. "I must tell you Archie that I have one million men in my army waiting to move on my command."  
 
"Holy jeez," said Archie. "I'll have ta call ya back!"  
 
Sure enough, the next day, Archie called again. " Mr. Obama, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!"  
 
"And what equipment would that be Archie?" Obama asked.  
 
"Well sir, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Harry 's farm tractor."  
 
President Obama sighed. "I must tell you Archie, that I have 9,000 tanks and 14,000 armoured personnel carriers.  
 
Also I've increased my army to one and a half million since we last spoke."  
 
"Lard t'underin' bye", said Archie, "I'll be getting back to ya."  
 
Sure enough, Archie rang again next day ... "President Obama, the war is still on! We have managed to git ourselves airborne!  
 
We up an' modified Harrigan's ultra-light wit a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four byes from the Legion have joined us as well!"  
 
Obama was silent for a minute then cleared his throat. "I must tell you Archie that I have 2,000 bombers and 10,000 fighter planes ready to go.  
 
Laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites surround my military complex. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!"  
 
"Jumpin Jeesus," said Archie, "l'll have ta call youse back."  
 
Sure enough, Archie called again the next day. " President Obama! I is sorry to have to tell you dat we have had to call off dis 'ere war."  
 
"I'm sorry to hear that" said the president. "Why the sudden change of heart?"  
 
Well, sir," said Archie, "we've all sat ourselves down and had a long chat over a bunch of pints, and come to realize dat dere's no way we can feed two million prisoners..."  
 
CANADIAN CONFIDENCE CANNOT BE SHAKEN!  
 
T.T.F.N. and have a great weekend