[albertabound]

I will ignore the crass comment on the state of our military, the boys are doing the best they can with what they have to work with, nor will I bore you with the steps underway to rectify the situation. The truth is, our Conservative movement is far from retreat and I fully expect a Conservative Government in power in the forthcoming election. I sincerely hope and trust GWB will be returned in order to finish the job. I also hope Canada will make a bigger contribution to the war on terrorism in future. That is where I stand and so do the other Canadians who post on these threads.

[laotzu]

"I will ignore the crass comment..."

Coming to this site, & calling the US ignorant & crass, hardly mitigates the absolute crudeness, & rudeness which Canadians embrace as a national identity.

Your perpetuation of this behavior threatens to push any solution beyond a sincere apology, which is owed us, and which you militantly avoid offering. The condescension, and criticism you hurl so freely at the US is noticeably restrained on Canada. What a surprise.

As you think so very little of us, why do you seek our friendship? You continue to push us away with insult; what value do you offer, as a friend?

Perhaps if you called us ignorant again, or avoided discussing your chosen topic, we would embrace you. Ignore this post, just as you would a "good friend".

[norton]

Sadly,
If you do succede in electing a conservative government,
it will face the same guerrila war that we are into today with the socialists down here.
Not to mention the lead time and expense of rebuilding your military capability.
Like conservatives here should be learning about now; electing a conservative government is only part of the task, keeping them there is the trick.