Here is an opportunity for Canadian Prime Minister Harper to show leadership by extending invitations to those nuclear scientists. After all, he took a deserved hit by working both sides of the street when Libyan dictator Qaddafi flew back to Libya after addressing the UN General Assembly, with a stopover at Gander. Qaddafi was lectured, but was allowed to leave.

Let’s face it, the US is ebbing, and frankly Plan “B” has to be invoked to deal with a world that frankly sees the US with less influence.