Posted on 05/20/2002 8:57:56 AM PDT by JoeGOP
As a Canadian citizen, I would like to offer my sincere apologies to the American people for the recent remarks made by the ignoramus running the show up here. A collective cringe rippled through the Great Not-So-White North when Prime Minister Jean Chrétien mused aloud to a reporter in Spain last week that Canada may offer sanctuary to thirteen Palestinian terrorists who had been involved in the standoff at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. It's no wonder an Ipsos-Reid poll finds that more than three-quarters of Americans believe potential terrorists have slipped into the US through Canada. Our Prime Minister's PR tactics aren't exactly helping the situation.
Let me reassure my dear American friends and neighbors that the thoughtless remarks and views of our leader do not represent the sentiments of the majority of Canadians--not by a long shot. Chrétien came to power in the last federal election with only 25% of eligible voter support. To make matters worse, our Embarrassment in Chief is headed for a third term in office because opposition to his government is so badly fractured--making Canada, in effect, a one-party state.
How could granting asylum to card-carrying terrorists possibly be of benefit to Canada or the USA? It's bad enough that they're terrorizing Israel; the last thing we need is for them to be running around over here, right next door to the USA--Israel's best friend and ally. In attempting to make himself out to be a proponent of peace by offering to take the terrorists away from the thriving Jewish community where they professionally practice their craft, Chrétien has risked perpetuating the unfortunate and already pervasive notion of Canada as a terrorist haven. MORE
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