The Sickness of Canadian Anti-Americanism

There is a difference between being Anti Bush and being Anti American, Im sure the majority of Americans would much prefer their young men and women home safe rather that out fighting a war for a sad old man in some foreign country.

Speaking as someone who never liked Bush the Younger or his daddy, as well as being a 1991 Gulf War vet:

1) I was angry Bush the Elder didn't let my comrades and I finish the job in 1991, that he left Iraqis to die without support in the 1992 populist uprising, and that he did next to nothing in reaction to Hussein's constant violations of the cease-fire accord. He was, appropriately, accused of "losing the peace" for these very reasons.

2) I was happy when Clinton launched Operation Desert Fox to attack suspected WMD production and storage facilities, because I saw it as a strong step in the direction of upholding the cease-fire Hussein was continuing to violate.

3) I was concerned when Hans Blix reported to the UN Security Council in January of 2003 that Iraq's own records showed over 1000 metric tonnes of chemical weapons had not been accounted for as required by the cease-fire terms.

Many excuses have been made on Hussein's behalf for why Iraq did not come clean. All reports on the matter show he made constant efforts to preserve WMD capability and, failing that, to hide the fact he did so.

Saddam Hussein dug the graves for over a million of his own people through atrocity and lies.

I blame Bush the Younger for his own failings, but not for Saddam's.

The war was justified, it was necessary as a matter of international law enforcement, and it has been exploited ruthlessly for political gain by its opponents. If the Army would have me back, and would guarantee a post to Iraq, I would go this very day.

I am perhaps one of the few who would welcome a draft as an opportunity to serve the needs of the Iraqi people I was ordered to abandon to their fate so long ago.

Calbeck, lmao, I am just going to love the replies that u get to this last posting. Im guessing your not in the diplomatic corps.

> Suppose this scenario occurs during the Second World War and the
> other eleven people want to stop Hitler in his tracks and to prevent
> the Nazification of the world and the mass genocide of Jews. Would
> exhibiting your “independence” for the sake of fulfilling your
> little-brother complex be a mark of “moral courage”?

That's about where I stopped reading your post. I'm glad WWII and "the mass genocide of Jews" happened so you could have a straw-man. Please try not to use such extreme examples in your arguments. It makes you look incompetent and, in this case, insensative.

I don't see why people find this so surprising? For the past 13 years we have had a gov that poked the US with a stick every time it could. It had ministers calling them "bastards" and Bush a retard over and over again.

This is stemming FROM the liberal party, it is rampant within that political association. They desperately can't think of a way of segregating Canada from the US so all that is left is pointing figures and calling names.

Some people shouldnt be allowed to post cos they are idiots, others should be able to post cos they are so stupid they amuse me.
Calbeck is funny I like him, he has to be a joke.

I think a great sickness in Canada is the treason of supporting the takeover of our country by a foreign goon power, and denouncing anyone who opposes such hegemony.
I am anything but anti American. America is two great continents with 21 great countries. The main problem I have is with the no name goon, bully boy country between the two great American countries of Canada and Mexico.

"America is two great continents with 21 great countries. The main problem I have is with the no name goon, bully boy country between the two great American countries of Canada and Mexico."

What makes Canada and Mexico great and the country between them not great? And when you refer to the country, do you refer to its citizens as well?