04-17-2003, 07:03 PM
I added a few things to the other reply, none of which really help the 'Huh' factor.
The US Ambassador's underlying assumption in his remarks, and hence the linkage to antiterrorism, are related to Mr Cameron's piece. That is the problem, the mixing the two issues contextually as people make various pronouncements, particularly as the rhetoric has been all over the map since September 11th. I thought I had pointed out where Mr Cameron had a point or two worth noting on that score.
To some people, the war on terror is mor than an American problem, it is a global problem, and it and the operation in Iraq are one and the same. To others they are not. "An idea that does not have universal currency" was I think the phrase I used.
Not sure where the confusion is. Yes, three coffees this morning, you know me too well. :)
The US Ambassador's underlying assumption in his remarks, and hence the linkage to antiterrorism, are related to Mr Cameron's piece. That is the problem, the mixing the two issues contextually as people make various pronouncements, particularly as the rhetoric has been all over the map since September 11th. I thought I had pointed out where Mr Cameron had a point or two worth noting on that score.
To some people, the war on terror is mor than an American problem, it is a global problem, and it and the operation in Iraq are one and the same. To others they are not. "An idea that does not have universal currency" was I think the phrase I used.
Quote: 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.
Not sure where the confusion is. Yes, three coffees this morning, you know me too well. :)
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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