This guy is a real piece of work:
Canada urged to sign on to Bush's crusade
Last Updated Wed, 01 Dec 2004 13:13:44 EST
HALIFAX - U.S. President George W. Bush suggested Canada should take a more active role in his "war on terrorism" in a speech he gave in Halifax on Wednesday.
Three years after the worst-ever attacks against civilians on American soil, Bush said Canada had a duty to do more to ward off potential threats to North America.
He raised the example of a former prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, who did not wait for Hitler's Nazis to attack Canada before sending troops to fight in the Second World War.
Bush quoted King's words directly: "We cannot defend our country and save our homes and families by waiting for our enemies to attack us. To remain on the defensive is the surest way to bring the war to Canada."
The president added: "Mackenzie King was correct then and we must always remember his words today... There is only one way to deal with enemies who plot in secret and set out to murder the innocent and the unsuspecting. We must take the fight to them."
He comes onto Canadian soil and proceeds to lecture us on not being involved enough?! What about Afghanistan? What about the $300 million we gave you for Iraq? What about the $450 million in debt relief we're providing to the Iraqis? What about our role in running the elections in Afghanistan and our commitment to do the same in Iraq?
THEN he proceeds to quote a great Canadian who defended our allies against a very real and present danger by comparing WWII to his adventure in Iraq?!? Mackenzie King would have been lambasted if he'd try to take out Hitler
preemptively. Further, isn't this the
same bloody war that y'all didn't join until three years after the rest of us?
What a disingenuous piece of work.
On top of all of this, he wasn't supposed to bring up BMD and he did anyway. Saying threats were 'inevitable' and we need to do this and do this now. Nice. Paul Martin specifically wanted this issue off the table because he does not want to make a decision for another year or so.
If Bush's intent was to help heal the rift between our two countries, he couldn't possibly have done a worse job. On my Canadian board, even the right-wingers are going mental.
What a dick.