Canada sent troops to Afghanistan, Kosovo, Korea, and VietNam too. If sending troops to nearly every conflict we have been involved in is not the mark of a true ally, we don't have any.
If we Americans have any doubt who our BIGGEST allies in the world are it's the UK and Australia. Against popular world opinion, they sent their troops to battle and to die for a cause we championed. A difficult cause. The same way us Americans feel about our troops in battle, they do too. Fuck, we in America should all be wearing Australian and British pins right now.
Most of the leaders of countries that signed onto the coalition of the willing did so against the popular opinion of their nations. Those are acts of extreme leadership and bravery. It may mean political suicide for some of them. Over fifty did so anyway.
I don't think there's a "problem with Canada". They have been there with the US over and over. They were there on D-Day, they were there in Vietnam, and they were there in Kosovo. Besides, we owe them for the insult of 1812. <_<
If we truly value and champion the principles of democracy, we should accept and respect the decisions of those that reach different conclusions than us.
Last edited by Colin at Apr 6 2003, 07:58 PM
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