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To: tyc:> who wrote (4724)	4/24/2005 10:59:25 AM
From: Gulo	of 37719

Actually, I do doubt that we would be in Iraq if Harper were in power then. In discussions with people close to Harper et al (I've never met the man myself), the prime issue was how we strung along the Americans for months and then snubbed them. Not going into Iraq wasn't bad policy - pissing off the U.S. for no reason was bad policy. The general consensus among conservatives was that we couldn't afford to go in anyway because we were fully committed in Afghanistan. My interpretation of the whole mess is that Chretien thought he could get mileage out of Liberal anti-americanism. The decision not to go into Iraq was made for us by limited resources (as well as international legal commitments). -g (BTW, it is Conservative MPs that are seeking intervenor status in the Montana BSE court case. No one hears about it, but I'd rather have MPs fighting for Canada in the trenches with reason than grandstanding with the emotional vitriol coming from Ottawa.)

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