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To: John Carragher who wrote (2700)	5/30/2003 5:58:37 PM
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To: John Carragher who wrote (2700)	5/31/2003 11:39:14 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37274

U.S. will hold a grudge against Canada: Rice By TIMOTHY APPLEBY From Saturday's Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com The Bush administration's disappointment with Canada for refusing to join the war on Iraq will not disappear quickly, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said yesterday. Briefing foreign reporters in Washington ahead of this weekend's G8 summit meeting in France, Ms. Rice said that notwithstanding "a relationship that's important to us . . . a good relationship," healing U.S.-Canadian differences "will take some time." Ms. Rice is regarded as one of President George W. Bush's closest advisers and the most senior administration official who deals regularly with Canada. Mr. Bush yesterday abandoned the Oval Office tradition of granting a group interview before a summit to selected reporters from the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations, leaving the task to his National Security Adviser. The President chose instead to speak to reporters from countries he will visit in the coming days as part of a lightning trip to Russia, Europe and the Middle East. In the interview, Ms. Rice spelled out the White House's displeasure over the Chrétien government's unwillingness to join Britain and Australia in the coalition that overthrew Saddam Hussein. "I think there was disappointment in the United States that a friend like Canada was unable to support the United States in what we considered to be an extremely important issue for our security," she said. The U.S. position was taken "for the security of the international community, and to try and spread freedom. Those are values that we share with our long-time friends." She said differences with Canada had put bilateral relations through "some difficult times." "And so, yes, there was some disappointment that there seemed to be some questioning of American motives, and some lack of understanding that we were simply trying to do this in support of our own security, in support of everyone else's security. "And that disappointment will, of course, not go [away] easily. It will take some time, because when friends are in a position where we say our security's at stake, we would have thought, as we got from many of our friends, that the answer would have been, 'Well, how can we help?' " Germany received a similar mark of disapproval. "An important and good relationship" has been tarnished by Germany's outspoken opposition to U.S. policy on Iraq, Ms. Rice said. As for Mr. Bush's dealings with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who will be at the G8 summit in Évian, France, "I can't answer the question of whether personal relations between the President and the Chancellor will ever be the same. We will have to see." Turning to France, which was also critical of the decision to attack Iraq, "there were times when it appeared that American power was seen to be more dangerous than perhaps Saddam Hussein," Ms. Rice said. "I'll just put it very bluntly. We simply didn't understand it." "We have been allies in great struggles in world wars," she said of the French. "The United States gave its blood to liberate France." Italy, by contrast, got a glowing assessment. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who vigorously supported the U.S. position on Iraq, has "a close personal relationship" with Mr. Bush and was "extremely helpful" during the war — a position, she hinted, that might be rewarded. "Italy, I think, will be involved in its own way in the reconstruction of Iraq." During the interview, Ms. Rice appeared to take a shot at Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and his remarks this week on the U.S. budget deficit. He had criticized the American deficit, while taking credit for Canada's budget surplus. But Ms. Rice argued that Washington's deficit will actually help Canada through renewed economic growth in North America. "And one of the great beneficiaries of that will be, of course, Canada, because it's an economy that is extremely connected to the American economy." Ms. Rice took particular aim at Iran, stating it supports "terrorism around the world" and "is in violation of its international agreements [by attempting] to . . . build a weapons of mass destruction program, a nuclear-weapons program . . . and seems intent on harbouring al-Qaeda leaders." But asked if the White House was planning "regime change" in Iran, her response was vague, alluding to the deep split within that country between the elected, reform-minded national assembly and the country's more powerful conservative clerics. "The policy of the administration is that the Iranian regime should start to act like the elected regime — like an elected regime that is pursuing the aspirations of the Iranian people."