Triangulating iCal sync from iPhone to OS 10.6.8 MacBook (no iCloud)

If I sync my iPhone calendar to iCloud, then connect my iPhone to Macbook (OS 10.6.8) via USB, why don't the calendars sync?  That is, why wouldn't the calendar data on my iPhone "upload" to my MacBook via USB?

Grant,
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