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SDR
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Architorture
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i've always loved how many major canadian papers devote huge amounts of print to the united states as if they have nothing going on in their own country they need to be worrying about...
they also seem to have a short memory...talking about torture in prisons, when the canadians ended up eliminating and entire branch of their special forces b/c they chose to capture and innocent somolian torture and execute him on video tape while they were on a UN tour of duty there... |
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Well said!
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SDR
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It seems much more satisfying to criticize others, than to have to swallow and digest criticism of ourselves. Many find it virtually impossible, and will do anything to deflect criticism away from oneself and onto others. This happens every minute of every day, on the playgrounds of the world.
Self-criticism, on the other hand, is far easier to take, and is therefore more likely to meet with a positive, or at least a tentative, acceptance.
Self-criticism is therefore far more valuable, because it is more useful, than is criticism of others. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:42 am Post subject: |
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| Not to mention a much more efficient use of thought and time! |
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Donald
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| Quote: | | i've always loved how many major canadian papers devote huge amounts of print to the united states as if they have nothing going on in their own country they need to be worrying about... |
You are correct torture that nothing is going on in Canada, but in fact they do have something they're worrying about. Taking their cue from the - dumb slur -, Canada has decided that it will not join the U.S. missile defense program.
http://freeinternetpress.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3032
The reason? Apparently they're worried it might cause an international arms race. Very interesting. So they have decided not to protect their country from a rogue nuclear warhead for fear of making somebody else mad. Actually, this is really just a continuation of Canada's long-standing defense policy.
What defense policy is that? Very simple. Just sit back and let the United States protect them. Polls in Canada say the public opposes joining the missile defense program (their polls are worse than ours!). I wonder how they would feel were this very real scenario to occur. A nuclear missile is launched by a terrorist from somewhere in the former Soviet Union. Chechnya, for instance. It is headed for Canada. The United States has the power to intercept and stop the missile. But wait...Canada isn't part of the program! Would we shoot it down? Of course we would.
We would protect Canada, just like we've been doing for years. When asked if this decision now meant Canada relied on the U.S. for protection, the Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister replied: "Would it have been otherwise?"
If Canada wants us to keep protecting them, perhaps we should start charging for the service.  |
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Richard Haut
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Is there any country in the world that you don't hate ?
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Donald
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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I really enjoy QATAR....one of the smallest land areas, with most $ per capita in the world...very oil/natural gas rich and highly westernized for a 95% muslim population....and no wonder the US chose it for CentCom occupied during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and still occupying there today.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/qa.html
BTW, I also love our Canadian neighbors....especially for great fishing, good prices on drugs and ice hockey (no longer being played professionally this year  ) |
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Richard Haut
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Qatar ? the million bucks and passports to Al-Zaquarwi ?
strange choice, but if you like it ...
as for Canada, you have shown clearly what you think of them.
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SDR
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:47 am Post subject: |
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How silly of them: Everyone knows you have to have enemies, and military-industrial cartels, and saber-rattling, and (indefensible) "Star Wars" programs, if you want to be taken seriously as a nation! How dare they ignore the fear-mongers in their midst, and at their borders? How dare they not support us in our foreign escapades?
Just to be on the safe side, let's attack them; they MIGHT have weapons of mass destruction! They MIGHT have a working health care system!
How dare they. . .? |
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Donald
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Yes,SDR, I think it was the Canadian Foreign Minister who put it best:
| Quote: | | Nothing does more to shape a nation's identity than the role it takes on the international stage. |
There is report out that says that Canada's 1,400-mile border is full of security holes, and their airport security is worse.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/15/world/main661313.shtml
I don't think the Canucks are taking this as a silly matter, eh  |
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Kevin
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe their other border, the 4000 mile one, is secure. though?
Also from:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/15/world/main661313.shtml
"Wesley Wark, a University of Toronto professor who is one of Canada's leading academic experts on security and intelligence, acknowledges the report paints a bleak scenario. ...
"They need to paint things in slightly alarmist hues in order to grab the Canadian public," Wark said. "With the growing criticism of the Bush White House foreign policy and the increasing sense that the whole policy of the war on terror is misguided and in error, it becomes increasingly difficult for Canadians to understand the need for national security spending." |
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Donald
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| Quote: | | it becomes increasingly difficult for Canadians to understand the need for national security |
Agreed.
It is easy for them to see no national security need with big brother standing at their side,ready to defend them and their $1.4 billion in trade each day. |
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Richard Haut
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that's strange - I thought that they had just agreed to sell their oil to a more reliable country: China.
hey, gotta go with the Big Guy.
I am sure that they are still polite to their indebted and increasingly sidelined neighbour, but let's get real.
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