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Majority thinks U.S. partly to blame for Sept. 11
Globe and Mail ^ | 2002-09-07 | Shawn McCarthy

Posted on 09/07/2002 6:23:02 AM PDT by Lorenb420

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1 posted on 09/07/2002 6:23:02 AM PDT by Lorenb420
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Canada = France = Frogs = DISPLACED EUROWEENIES!
2 posted on 09/07/2002 6:28:42 AM PDT by areafiftyone
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We should simply close the Canadian border with the US for a week and then let them rethink their position of "doing enough" to seal their own borders. If that doesn't help, make it permanent.
3 posted on 09/07/2002 6:29:34 AM PDT by DB
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Why don't the pollsters follow up this question with another?

"Specifically, what policies or actions of the U.S. might have led to this attack?"

No multiple choice, no hints, no yes/no answers--just a straight forward question requiring a straight forward answer. They don't ask it because it would make those asked look as stupid and uninformed as they most certainly are.

4 posted on 09/07/2002 6:32:17 AM PDT by 1tin_soldier
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"I think this is Canadians saying, 'You are bound to get stung when you stick your hand in the hornets' nest looking for honey,' " Mr. Wright said. "But I don't think this is evidence of people saying they deserved what they got at all."

We oppose you, America, says Mr. Wright, but we're certainly not against you. I suppose that makes sense to a hoser.

5 posted on 09/07/2002 6:33:21 AM PDT by Whilom
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A vast majority of Canadians

Whoomp, dere it is.

6 posted on 09/07/2002 6:33:43 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts
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Thank you for posting this.

Assuming that this is a representative statistical sample of 1,000+ for a valid poll, two aspects are riveting:

1. About one in six of these blitbrains not only believes we are fully to blame, but says their government has done too much to help us.

2. And 84% think we are wholly or partly culpable.

Dear Lord! No amount of reason or truth will work with this ineducable mindset. Just as Chamberlain had to be swept aside by Churchill, these and their ilk will have to be treated likewise in the face of the Islamonazis. Unfortunately, we are far from having the political will and moral clarity to act decisively. I genuinely believe it will take another 9/11 to even begin to wake up the West. This poll will look a lot different if Ottawa is the next NYC.
7 posted on 09/07/2002 6:41:23 AM PDT by esopman
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A vast majority of Canadians

you mean canuckistanis.
This thread is gonna be Fun

8 posted on 09/07/2002 6:50:50 AM PDT by watcher1
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To: DB
close the Canadian border with the US for a week

What a great idea.
It's time to show these socialosts ( no typo) in canuckistan who the boss is.

9 posted on 09/07/2002 6:59:31 AM PDT by watcher1
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They may think we are partially to blame due to all the scrap that went on during the Clinton's scandoulous eight years and that I do have to agree with them.
10 posted on 09/07/2002 7:02:56 AM PDT by Two-Bits
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Let's invade Canada and annex it to the United States and exile all the liberals there.
11 posted on 09/07/2002 7:08:58 AM PDT by goldstategop
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Hey watch it !!! This Canadian doesn't agree with the article or the premise of it. I am disappointed and disgusted at the number of Canadians who do feel that way. They have their heads in the sand. How about a good reply to this, why not freep a Canadian site and argue/discuss the point?
12 posted on 09/07/2002 7:13:55 AM PDT by scriblett
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I am starting to get really angry about this sentiment that the US was at fault.

3,000 innocent Americans were murdered by men who stole American airplanes and vandalized millions of dollars of American property.

Allow me to make an analogy... A woman wearing a bikini walking at night through a dark alley is NOT at fault if she is raped. She may be negligent and, albeit, stupid, but she is not an accomplice to the crime..she is a victim...WE ARE THE VICTIMS HERE!

If the Americans were doing something to aggravate the Muslim community, then THEY should have been the ones to "negotiate a better understanding". For them to purposely target and attack innocent Americans (who have no direct role in American policy making) is a provocation to war.

Anyone who can't see that is brain dead.

...oh, and...who the hell cares what the Canadians think anyway.

13 posted on 09/07/2002 7:15:56 AM PDT by LoveUSA
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canuckistanis

Oooh. I like that. It rolls off the tongue sharply, like a proper insult.

14 posted on 09/07/2002 7:34:00 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts
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Anyone and anything can be held partially responsible for anything, if only by omission.

Your grandfather is partially responsible for World War II because he didn't go to Munich and murder Hitler in the 1920's.

Unfortunately, dimwitted people--and their number is legion--have little if any perspective and sense of probability. If someone brings it into focus for them, they're likely to concluded that "Yeah. Come to think of it, the old man did cause World War II." "Liberals" love this. They'll whip the dimwits into a frenzy, and the next thing you know they're marching in protest and holding you responsible.

15 posted on 09/07/2002 7:43:26 AM PDT by Savage Beast
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I believe the U.S. is partially to blame for the attack. Think of the policies that allowed the guys into the country. Remember the various instances where the government had opportunities to nab these guys, but didn't?

Now, we must not "racially" profile at airports. Do our borders have better security? How about those cargo containers that aren't inspected? Has the government located all those with visas from Saudia Arabia?

I'm thinking that the P.C. crowd laid the foundation for the attacks to happen. Now they are hampering measures that would drastically decrease the chance of another one.
16 posted on 09/07/2002 7:45:14 AM PDT by Lord Basil
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A vast majority of Canadians believes the United States bears at least some responsibility for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because of U.S. policies in the Middle East and around the globe, according to a Globe and Mail/CTV poll.

And a significant, but smaller, majority said Canada is doing enough to support the United States in the war on terrorism, the Ipsos-Reid survey released yesterday says.

Well, well. When the Islamofascists come for you, and blow up Ottawa, don't come running to us for sympathy or help.

Eh.

17 posted on 09/07/2002 8:04:34 AM PDT by john in missouri
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Canada harbors the largest concentration of left wingers in the "civilized world".
18 posted on 09/07/2002 8:47:15 AM PDT by hgro
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as Prime Minister Jean Chrétien prepares to head to New York next week for the first anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center that killed almost 3,000 civilians

I don't want this stinking socialist in this country. Any negotiations can be done by wire without the need to pollute our air with his stink.

I don't EVER want to hear anyone talk about America as the worlds policeman again. I'll belt em in the mouth if I hear it.

Close the stinking border.

19 posted on 09/07/2002 9:15:17 AM PDT by America's Resolve
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Let's invade Canada and annex it to the United States and exile all the liberals there.

Yes! Let's do it!
And remember........NO PRISONERS!

20 posted on 09/07/2002 9:26:20 AM PDT by watcher1
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