you're drinking the koolaid. The Bushies think that because of Canada, recognizing a clusterfuck when it saw one, declined to be involved in Iraq. It has however significantly helped the us with things like intelligence on suspected terrorists. To its shame, it has given the US the benefit of the doubt in cases where it probably should not have. Arer comes to mind. Now if you mean top five in trms of military support -- Canada does not maintain a really big army and probably felt that one front at a time was enough.
::shrug:: On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 6:47 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Canada probably isn't in our top 5 allies. > > We are closer Britain and Australia for sure. We've had diplomatic > differences with Canada going back to the Vietnam war, and it continues > even today with their harboring deserters from the military. > > Larry Lyons wrote: > > I've been talking with friends and relatives in throughout Canada. Most > of them have been generally pro American. Not any more. Many of them use the > same phrasing as was used with the Soviets 25 years ago. Most think that the > US is the problem now, and is a major threat to world peace. Several of them > have stated outright that the US is not to be trusted to uphold its > obligations. A couple of them said that the US will only honour treaties > only if it suits it, and it ignores the rule of law. > > > > The sad part of it is that these people are generally towards the more > conservative end of Canadian politics. If they think this way, you can > imagine what the rest of the country thinks. And Canada is probably the > closest of the US allies. > > > >> indeed. nothing good comes from this sort of thing. > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Larry wrote: > >>> You mean like how the US has interferred with local elections in > >> Canada, and in Europe, simply because the left leaning socialist > >> parties were ascendant, or were supporting universal health care. How > >> about the American support of death squads throughout central and > >> south america. Yes those people do give a damn what the US thinks. > >> Directly and indirectly the US has been responsible for a lot of > >> carnage in its interests. > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
