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I realize this isn't the most politic thing to post, but it's so funny I couldn't resist. I'm not poking fun at Canada's political position in the world, or anything like that... Just appreciating a bit of humor given the somewhat strained relationship that Our Friend Dubya has created with just about EVERYONE lately.
(This is a message I got on e-mail this evening, so some of you may have already seen it.)
quote:It was announced today that Canada is now prepared to help the United States in its war against terrorism.
They have promised to commit 2 of their largest battleships, 6,000 armed troops and 60 fighter jets.
Unfortunately, after the exchange rate that comes down to one canoe, 2 Mounties and a flying squirrel.
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OMG. I've seen on TV what one Mountie can do. I don't dare to imagine what harm two could do.
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I'm Canadian... and we're passing that joke around here at the office!
By the way, we are (mostly) Hawks here. Our attitude can be defined as: - Screw Chretien! (our chicken-shit PM) - Go US Forces! - Get the job done - and then leave the governing of Iraq to the Iraqis
On a similar note - maybe the US should offer a discounted rate to the Iraqis on the after-the-war POW exchange. What is it now... 1000-to-1?
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Shortened form of "war hawks", i.e. people who like blowing up other people.
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quote:Originally posted by Treknophyle: By the way, we are (mostly) Hawks here. Our attitude can be defined as: - Screw Chretien! (our chicken-shit PM) - Go US Forces! - Get the job done - and then leave the governing of Iraq to the Iraqis
I may not support the war, nor am I an enthusiastic fan of Chretien myself. When he did mention that Canada would not join the war with the U.S. and Britain, I was thinking that for once in his political career, he made a decision that actually mattered.
Well, right now, I have no idea what he stands for. There ARE Canadian soldiers in Iraq, and I have no idea if he is standing by what he just said.
That being said, Chretien has to go. I may be Liberal, but I certainly don't like what he is doing.
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This whole business with not recalling those soldiers on exchange with British and American units comes off pretty stupidly, though.
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February 2004? Not quick enough.
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Canada is, in fact, intimately involved in the current war, primarily logistically and in other support capacities. Who's watching the Afghani store right now? Canadians. Who's refueling U.S. planes, providing space for all sorts of training and testing exercises, escorting and defending U.S. naval forces? Canadians.
You almost get the impression that Canada realizes that relatively temporary policy conflicts, even severe ones like Gulf War II, are not worth throwing away deep and important friendships over. Meanwhile, in the United States, we get tariffs boosted on Evian. Way to go, guys.
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Not to mention those American tarriffs, on, I dunno, Canadian Softwood Lumber, Canadian Wheat, and those illegal agricultural subsidies you guys just love tossing at big agribusiness.
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I've yet to meet an ardent Canadian who wants to blow up shit, save Don Cherry, and I mean, I'd kick that guy in the nuts if I could.
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