04-17-2003, 04:26 PM
Mr Camerons insertion of the 1700's and 1800's relationships is pure codswallop.
He ignores the relationship of the past 100 years, and NATO. In short, his assertion that the US is, or has in his lifetime been a security threat to Canada is pure bullsh**. Too bad he resorted to that, some of what he was saying actually had merit, in re:
The Ambassador's stab at the equivalence of security threats is part of an idea that has less than universal currency: His underlying assumption once again implies that an antiterrorism campaign is the same as the older problelm of article V protection under the NATO alliance.
Canada does not, at present, see it that way, and may never see it that way.
Canada will do as Canada thinks best, of course, and so Canada should always.
As to American companies and what they do: that is an exercise of freedom, as is the exercise of screaming in public about America that has become such a hobby in Canada. Free speech can offend others, but that is still an exercise of free speech: to be willing to deal with the outcome of the exercise thereof.
Put another way: if you talk enough sh**, someone may decide to do something about it. Thus it has ever been.
He ignores the relationship of the past 100 years, and NATO. In short, his assertion that the US is, or has in his lifetime been a security threat to Canada is pure bullsh**. Too bad he resorted to that, some of what he was saying actually had merit, in re:
The Ambassador's stab at the equivalence of security threats is part of an idea that has less than universal currency: His underlying assumption once again implies that an antiterrorism campaign is the same as the older problelm of article V protection under the NATO alliance.
Canada does not, at present, see it that way, and may never see it that way.
Canada will do as Canada thinks best, of course, and so Canada should always.
As to American companies and what they do: that is an exercise of freedom, as is the exercise of screaming in public about America that has become such a hobby in Canada. Free speech can offend others, but that is still an exercise of free speech: to be willing to deal with the outcome of the exercise thereof.
Put another way: if you talk enough sh**, someone may decide to do something about it. Thus it has ever been.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete