Quote:Were the International appeasers like the Canadians, French, and Germans, guilty of enabling behaviour in Iraq? Sure. I do not find it simple, not in the least, this topic, and am appalled at those who do.
Please don't lump Canada in with the French and Germans on Iraq. While Canada would have preferred a UN supported action we did not actively ( or passively for that matter ) oppose the US/British action.
I personally would have been happier if we'd provided active support ( not that we could have provided much in the way of troops ) much in the same way we did ( and are )in Afghanistan but in all important respects Canada was much more onside than off side on Iraq. Unlike the French, Germans and Belgians we supported Turkey's request to invoke the common defense clause in NATO. Canadian ships were patrolling the Arabian Sea/Indian Ocean ( might have the ponds wrong but in that vicinity ) in support of the war on terror and it would not suprise me at all if elements of JTF2 ( our SAS/Delta/SEAL guys ) participated in some way in Iraq ( would be unpublicized in Canada - our current Government doesn't like to admit that JTF2 exists, and really doesn't like the fact that the military occasionally has to kill people - as evidenced by their reluctance to allow the US to decorate a PPCLI sniper team in Afghanistan - they'd have to acknowledge that the snipers shot some bad guys ).
Some people are like slinkys, not really good for anything but you just can't help but smile when you see them tumble down the stairs.