The Canadian Navy personnel in the Gulf are fighting the "War on Terrorism", not participating in the Iraqi conflict.
Or are you saying they are participating in the Iraqi conflict? Are flights into Iraq taking off from Canadian ships? Are Canadian forces on the ground in Iraq? I didn't know that. As for the Canadians on the ground in Afghanistan (and elsewhere), are you saying that they are also participating in the "War in Iraq"? If so, it sounds like you are tying together the Afghan conflict (Taliban, Al-Quaeda) and the Iraqi regime. If you have any facts to back this tie up, please send them to President Bush. He has said they are tied together over and over, but desperately needs some proof! And those two pilots, they seem competent enough to hit just what they were shooting at. I am not saying the Canadians are not doing their part in other conflicts. I am certainly not questioning their commitment to peacekeeping or their courage. What I am saying is Canada is sitting this one out. Not even giving verbal support to the US in this one. No monetary support. No humanitarian support (yet). As for the sarcasm, I love it! Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/02/03 10:23AM >>> It it then my what are those ships doing in the Gulf and the Red Sea? Mmy my my, they must be on a long pleasure cruise, stopping and searching all those nasty middle eastern ship for tickles and grins. Similarly those Canadian soldier must just be on a long extended hike in Afghanistan. Just like those ones that got bombed by those 2 incompetent pilots. Yessiree all those soldiers, sailors etc just off on a long vacation. Pardon my sarcasm as a whole but your response merited it. At 09:46 AM 4/2/2003, you wrote: >Larry, that is BS. > >Canada as a whole, and the elected Gov in particular, have been _very_ >clear in their feelings and participation in this war. > >If they could (in their own good concience) let us hang by withdrawing >their forces in these other areas, I think they would. > >They are _not_ participating in this war. > >Unless you are saying that this war = the war on terrorism, then obviously >the Canadians are helping in that bigger war. > >But at least they are not (like the French and Germans) actively opposing >us in this war. > >Just my opinion, >Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/02/03 08:45AM >>> >Typically Canadian but very apt. > >One point that has been pissing me off. I'm hearing whiny complaints by >various people in the area about Canada's participation in the Iraqi War. >Yes Canadian forces as a whole are not participating. However to set the >record straight, there are 7 ships from the Canadian navy in the region >(the Red Sea and the Gulf) participating in the anti-terrorism patrols - >freeing up US navy assets btw. There is also another Canadian battalion is >heading over to Afghanistan, while special operations units, such as the >JTF2 are also working with US forces in that theater. > >So do me a favour, cut the bs about Canada's non-participation. > >larry > >At 05:11 AM 4/2/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >Cute. Very cute. > >And quite smug. > >I enjoyed it, even while feeling insulted. > >:-) > > > >-Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Came across this today, written by Rick Mercer: > > > > > > > > > >On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to > > > > >the United States of America. We haven't been getting along very > > > > >well recently and for that, I am truly sorry. > > > > > > > > > >I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron but, it > > > > >wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any consolation, the fact > > > > >that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the people of America. > > > > >After all it's not like you actually elected him. > > > > > > > > > >I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more trees > > > > >than you doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's cheaper > > > > >and better than your own. > > > > > > > > > >I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defense I guess our > > > > >excuse would be that our teams were much, much, much, much better > > > > >than yours. > > > > > > > > > >I'm sorry we burnt down your white house during the war of 1812. I > > > > >notice you've rebuilt it! It's Very Nice. I'm sorry about your > > > > >beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer but, we Feel your > > > > >Pain. > > > > > > > > > >I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going > > > > >up against a crazed dictator, you wanna have your friends by your > > > > >side. I realize it took more than two years before you guys pitched > > > > >in against Hitler, But that was different. Everyone knew he had > > > > >weapons. > > > > > > > > > >And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we > > > > >are constantly apologizing for things in a passive aggressive way > > > > >which is really a thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that > > > > >you're not upset over this. We've seen what you do to countries you > > > > >get upset with. > > > > > > > > > >Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89 70.5
