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Guyser, I just looked for a short URRL that I could type out quickly. As I've said, I still can't cut and paste. And again as I said, the link is not as important as the idea expressed in the OP. But Celluci takes us back to close to when it started so it's of value here. Canada aligned itself with US evil for their first war against Iraq. Canada would have gladly signed on to the next one had it not been for Jean Chretien listening to the Canadian people. Had it been Harper there is little doubt that we would have become a part of the coalition of the Pacific atolls. There's something on topic for you to dispute. Now show us you can and stop the personal insults against me because you are feeling challenged by facts!

That's my point Guyser. Canadians need not be concerned with this sort of cheap hate politics against women's right. But there's a clear and present danger that Harper is moving our country toward just that. Harper readily succumbs to US blackmail because he's not opposed to it in principle. The US influence in Canada is so large and all pervasive that we need to be proactive and make light of it as it develops. And maybe you should stay on topic too and stick rusty and gerome back in your craw where it belongs. Really Guyser, it's a joke, don't you get it? If you're a Canadian you should and if you're an American then I understand why you are going off.

No problem defining what I mean Guyser. The link I posted is a beginning. What particular slant would you like to pursue? Or would you just like to be non-specific and start the personal insults because you are incapable of anything else? See Celucci's comments. I mean really Guyser, there are some coherent thoughts and they stand in stark contrast to your childish kneejerk comment of me 'wanting to bash'. A forum that is interested in promoting valid discussions would stomp on you right there for several good reasons. personal attacks, spamming, disrupting a topic, lack of substance, and so it goes. I'm not asking for you to get stomped but I would like to hear something substantial from you at least! overthere, If you don't know what I'm talking about then you need to pay more attention. For something that could resonate with you, consider how Canada used to be a 'peacekeeer' nation and of late the designation has been changed. Do you know how it's been changed? Do you understand why it seemed to be necessary that it be changed?

http://www.cbc.ca/canadaus/mchutchion.html The link that MH asked for. But any reference to the problem will serve the purpose. This one even illustrates how the US will embark on blackmail by demanding cooperation.

Michael, No I don't have a link and I'm still having difficulties posting links for some reason. However, if you are demanding one because of forum rules to supply one, I'll go to the trouble of digging one up. My opinion that Canada should distance itself from the US is not a unique opinion though, it's frequently voiced by Canadians who fear the consequences of not doing so. Both in consequences relating to our physical safety and for our economic wellbeing. We all remember the softwood lumber blackmail attempts by the US. Let that be a reference to a link for a start. Even though I consider the threat of military action against us by some small defeated country or some unknown entity, to be the largest current threat. And I have another motive which I will discuss with you privately if you request it. It's something you will immediately understand and to which I'm willing to take a chance that you will remain discreet.

Don't feign respect when you've failed to show any respect for the opinions of others. If you are deciding to take the high road then do so and in a month or two when you've proven yourself, you can go there and criticize others for their lack of respect. Right now, you don't have the credentials pal!

The whole issue is quite disgusting. It's not Canadian and it doesn't belong in Canada. The best we can do is scoff at it and distance ourselves from their politics.

There is an imminent danger of Canada leaning too far with the US and it's politics. We are different and we need to maintain that difference by maintaining our distance. I'm fully convinced that the US is now on the slippery slope of thinking it can dominate the world with it's military might. Yet it's become obvious in the last 10 or 20 years that military might is going to take a back seat to economic might. Remember who said, 'if you're not with us then you're against us', or words to that effect. Can we be neither, 'with the US' or 'against the US'? Can se continue to be what Canada used to represent to the world? Can we choose to proudly display the maple leaf on our backpacks without fear? Should we even want to? The question is, will the US allow the natural progression of the changes to the world that are happening. Will it still exert it's military might when it can no longer compete with economic might. And then, how will small countries or even unknown entities fight back against US aggression? And the big question is: Will Canada be so aligned with the US by that time that we will be seen as just a part of the US? It seems that Harper and his CPC see no danger in doing that. Is that what Canadians want? Opinions?

Even though I still maintain that you're propagandized by the US and can't see the truth in what's happening in the Ukraine, I can't criticize you for taking the high road in that comment. Now just try to stick with it. When you get some spare time try reading up on Security Council resolutions for the last ten years, and also failed resolutions. You'll come out of the experience a much smarter man. Not to suggest that you're not already smart, just that you've not been able to rise above US propaganda.

Great explanation -1=, for the reason the US declared a phony war against Iraq. Bush2 was an idiot? And after that demonstration of your level of crassness and disregard for humanity and the truth, it just makes me shake my head when some people will criticize 'me' for saying the Palestinian people need to fight back with all means they have at their disposal, against the evil Zionist apartheid regime. that criticism was an example of people who know they're right because the propagandists have convinced them they're right, of grunting out their approval of the evil they support. They know little more of the situation and so instead of keeping their cakeholes shut, they show their ignorance and gross stupidity. But you can do better -1=e, etc! So show us how you can by telling us what the real reason for the war against Iraq was? Take your time!

Shady has a point. Instead of ignoring him we should all try to help hm to understand that his point is a valid one but it just doesn't belong on this thread. By doing that, he could be encouraged to go away and start a new thread on gays in Iran, or gays in wherever he thinks the should/shouldn't/who knows yet, be.

rt.com/news/170104-ukraine-lugansk-shelling-airstrike/

US Ministry of Propaganda: Russia is bombing houses of the people in the Southern Ukraine and causing residents to flee in the thousands now! And the few deaths caused by Yanukovich fighting back is a lot different because, because, well just because the American people will swallow it and a few braindead Canadians will too!

Michael Hardner, I'm gong to pay both you and Rue the courtesy of an answer to your ridiculous ramblings and mad accusations against me. It's against my better judgment but the noise level is starting to get annoying. So, I said: Get it? I mean, there's really only one way of dealing with stupidity isn't there!. And once again, I would like to hear your criticisms of that statement.

Because Shady, all ME Arab government tell the truth all the time. It's the Zionists we have to worry about. Or, if you don't agree with that then tell us what you would like to hear. I can fix it to suit your preferences too.

Go to antiwar.com and you'll see it. For some reason cut and paste isn't working for me right now.

Of course I agree Shady, but once again, take your sexual fantasies to another section and start a new topic with the forum's homosexuals. I trust everything and all that Iran says. Allahu Akbar! The force be with you.

No Hydraboss, wrong missiles and wrong war. Who in their right mind would suggest that a scud missile would be used to shoot down a US helicopter? Somebody who plays with toy soldiers and shoots down the toy airplanes with rocks?

We have to be curious on how this is going to work out now that ISIS has weapons that can shoot them out of the sky. The lesson wasn't learned well enough in Afghanistan where they were crashing a helicopter once a week because of "mechanical" problems. Headlines from antiwar.com. A worse enemy than RT news for the US because it has the inside dirt on what's really happening .

I have no interest in discussing that which is off topic and only you think is important here.

No, they drop bombs and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians who don't believe in the wings on the back hogwash. And they likely don't believe in dinosaurs walking the earth alongside man or a big boat that fit two animals of every kind. What kind of lowbrow Neanderthal even contemplates such garbage? What kind of demons would indoctrinate their children into believing in it before they are old enough to decide for themselves? Child abusers? Or priests? Oh wait, they're the same people!

And I love the company that you keep too Shady. The US, which has gone to war with over 30 small countries in the years since the end of WW2. The Amerinazi regime that went to war with Iraq based on lies. The country that has far eclipsed Russia or Iran or any other country in the world in it's evil aggression. the country that bombs civilians with huge WMD while at the same time pretending to protect the world from Iraq's missing WMD's. Way to go Shady.

It's just too much trouble to explain to you why Iraq was all about oil. Just accept that it wasn't about the missing WMD's or next spring's cabbage crop and you'll be able to follow along. Do your own homework and then come back and join the conversation.

Who cares if Japan becomes a nuclear armed ally of the US? It's as vulnerable as Great Britain to one large nuke. And there's nothing that is going to intimidate China and Russia from this point on. Russia is showing that it's going to hold the line and China undoubtedly will to. It's now a simple matter of the rest of the world aligning with the US, or, the US deterrents with nukes. This is the most interesting aspect of it because the US has lost it's credibility and no longer can claim the high road. World peace will be maintained in Asia and it will be maintained n the ME too when the Arab Muslim countries get their nuclear deterrent to US aggression. So I'm hoping just as avidly For Iran obtaining nuclear weapons as Bonam is hoping that Japan does likewise!

72 virgins is claptrap but flying around in the clouds with wings on your back isn't TSS? The 72 virgins is a far better choice and at least anatomically possible!