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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (43969)	1/2/2006 2:27:34 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I fail to see a SINGLE word in that article that indicates he was FIGHTING INSURGENTS. Nor does a search of the document find any signs. From your own gov't press: "In December 2004, the U.S. increased its troops in Iraq to 150,000, but Prime Minister Paul Martin ruled out sending Canadian troops." cbc.ca Your press again: "Polls in Canada are in line with the views of the international community, in that the overwhelming majority of non-Americans is hoping John Kerry defeats Bush. Although rampant U.S. patriotism prevents Kerry from condemning the war in Iraq (while American soldiers continue to fight and die there), he has indicated he would be willing to speed up the withdrawal process. More importantly, Kerry has indicated that he would be more willing to work within an international framework. In a bizarre twist, Paul Cellucci, the U.S ambassador to Canada, has tried to use this potential policy change to frighten Canadians into supporting Bush. The outspoken Cellucci - who has chided us for not participating in the Iraq intervention - is now warning Canadians to be wary of Kerry. The rationale is that if the Democrats defeat Bush, there will be more pressure - not less - on Canada to send troops into Iraq. Should Kerry seek and obtain a UN mandate for an international force to oversee a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, Canada would find it difficult to refuse participation, argues Cellucci. ................................................... Canadians need not fear our soldiers fighting Iraqi insurgents at Kerry's request because even if he asks us nicely, we are in no position to deploy troops to the Middle East in the foreseeable future. With our army struggling to maintain its commitments in Afghanistan and other global hot spots, the best we could offer would be the donation of four used submarines to help reconstitute the Iraqi navy. Diplomatically and economically, Canada can - and should - help a newly elected Kerry administration to extricate itself from a mess we adamantly warned Bush not to trigger in the first place. That we chose to ignore Paul Cellucci's threats and refused to join Bush's so-called coalition of the willing only enhances our independent status at any negotiations on the future of Iraq. " espritdecorps.ca More from your press: "What unjust war? The one in IRAQ! Iraq is not an issue for us, Canadians are not fighting in IRAQ." vivelecanada.ca Can you explain how your gov't fails to know it has troops in Iraq?