Canada will just stop sending the US our oil and gas. On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:08:26 -0500, Harkins,Patrick wrote:
> I think you should be careful when you talk about Canada as a whole. I am > from Canada and I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. > > I can't speak for the government, but I can tell you that the government is > not anti-American and it is not pro-Hussein. > Canada has a strong record of supporting international diplomacy, so their > position makes sense from that perspective. > > Personally I am glad to see someone trying to kick Hussein's butt, but I am > also horrified and saddened by the civilian deaths. > > I guess the U.S.'s action represents a slap in the face to the U.N., but > maybe they needed that slap. On the other hand, that doesn't mean that all > other governments should necessarily join in that slap. Privately many in > the Canadian goverment may applaud it while still recognizing the need to > stand on what they perceive as the side of international law and diplomacy. > > I know that many in Canada support the US-led action and wish our government > had acted differently, and certainly many like myself support the U.S. > troops regardless of their feelings about the whole action. Others feel > strongly that the troops shouldn't have gone in. John Stanley's satirical > statement about clarity points to the shades of grey that are felt by people > here just as much as they are in the States. I don't see how anyone can > expect consensus anyways, since war is about division - not unity. > > Personally I think Bush is a cowboy, and brought the Canadian government's > reaction on himself. After all our government had put forward a compromise > proposal that the US decided to reject (based of course on their assessment > of France and Germany's position). It would have been pretty unlikely for > them to have taken sides with the Bush administration. > > Personally, I find that Canadians can be arrogant and negative prigs at > times and the best of us know it, even if we rarely admit it. And I detest > the anti-Americanism I sometimes see here, especially since it's so > knee-jerk. I hate prejudice in any form. > > -Patrick > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: April 2, 2003 9:47 AM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: Re: FW: An apology to the U.S....... > > > > > >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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89 70.5
