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To: GST who wrote (108213)	7/27/2003 1:47:26 PM
From: Graystone	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

B&W or Gray scale No consensus can be advanced. Our Prime Minister refused to join the coalition, there are pro-American Canadians that disagree with his decision. The average Canadian accepts that the security spheres of Canada and the US are similar, many Canadians are aware that the US action caused "deep rifts" in this sphere (UN, NATO, EU). Many Canadians were aware of the brutal suppression of internal dissent in Iraq and the atrocities of the Hussein government. The United States and Canada really are the children of a common mother. The average Canadian does not exist except as a StatsCan calculation. For most Canadians the question of "liberation" vs "invasion" is moot, the question is what happens now. I believe, that is my brother stuck in that bloody hell hole over there. If you are a citizen of the United States of America, I think the most important question you can ask yourself to glean a view of the Canadian perspective is "WHY ARE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM UNITED STATES AND BRITIAN DYING IN IRAQ ?" Once the matter of WHY has been answered, I believe most NATO allies would agree to international peacekeepers (UN or NATO) being put in place. Americans who expect that the UN or NATO will offer up young men and women to die for the explanations offered by the current US administration are, in my opinion, mistaken.