Black Dog Posted December 1, 2004 Report Posted December 1, 2004 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. This is the enraging part: 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." How were we drawn into war against Hitler again? Oh yeah: he attacked, without provocation, and occupied a soverign country, despit einternational opposition. Hey, that's just like you George! "We are bound by history and geography and trade and by our deepest convictions," Bush said of the relationship between the two countries. "With so much at stake, we cannot be divided." That sounds like a threat, George. The American president closed the speech to applause as he returned to his Canada-as-partner theme and said: "God has blessed us because we have neighbours like you." So why is He punishing us? Quote
maplesyrup Posted December 2, 2004 Report Posted December 2, 2004 Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
Choke Posted December 2, 2004 Report Posted December 2, 2004 How were we drawn into war against Hitler again? Oh yeah: he attacked, without provocation, and occupied a soverign country, despit einternational opposition. Hey, that's just like you George! Kind of like, oh, I dunno, Saddam Hussein did to Kuwait? Quote
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