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Alberta's Child wrote: This is exactly what the Bush Administration brought upon itself by allowing a jack@ss like Richard Perle to have any input whatsoever in the Iraq issue -- particularly in that nebulous, mysterious role as an "unpaid advisor" to the Pentagon.

Yeah, the sheer chutzpah of actually listening to the advice of someone advocating a strong military and a vigorous, pro-active approach to national defense.

you wouldn't see any Canadian government doing such a silly thing, eh?

[Alberta's Child]

You might want to do a little research into Mr. Perle's checkered past in various positions in the U.S. government. It might go a long way toward explaining why he functioned in an "advisory" role instead of as a Defense Department employee -- which makes me question the mental stability of someone who would allow him any say in U.S. government policy.

You wouldn't see any Canadian government doing such a silly thing, eh?

I wouldn't know about that -- I'm not a Canadian.

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you wouldn't see any Canadian government doing such a silly thing, eh?M

Of course not: as long as it comes from someone with a Jewish name, Alberta's Child would'n hear of it. And it would matter not if the Pope of Earl of Canterberry says the same thing.