Hey goldtategop, my bet is that a lot of Canuck FRers are going to go after you when you post something like this. You know, you have hurt their feelings ;-) and "It's just the Liberals! They don't represent us!". And you are just a traitor badmouthing your country of birth and misleading the Americans about the Great White North! ;-D
But I found their reasonings to be lame. There are only a few of Canadian FRers from the east of Sudbury that are really conservative - they may well be conservative in the current Canadian sense, but using Australian standards, hey, they aren't even on the Right at all - I can think of Bob Carr or Peter Beattie, both moderate Australian Labor Party state premiers (Carr from New South Wales, Beattie from Queensland), that represent these Canadian FRers' views perfectly. Alberta is the only Canadian province that I see substantial amounts of sensible Canadian commentaries exist. It's not surprising 80% of senible Canadian FR posts come from Albertan FRers.
Now I have nothing against Canada - my uncle, an enthusiastic Canadian Liberal Party supporter courtesy of his HK immigrant status - lives in ground zero of Anglo-Canadian leftism, the Greater Toronto Area. I also have many good friends and friends of my folks living in Vancouver. But politically, whenever we see idiotic commentaries come out, it's our duties to unmask that idioacy, whether we are Canadians, Americans, New Zealanders, Taiwanese, or even Burkina Fasoese.
;-)
If Americans want to do serious business of regional security, counterterrorism, geopolitics, go to Canberra and talk to John Howard or Peter Costello.
Let's talk about New Zealand, Kiwi, what are your thoughts about your homeland, it seems to mirror Canada very much in my opinion.
As a matter of fact, a proud reactionary, I consider myself to the right of most of the Americans who post on FR.