Americans fire back over column (Americans slam Canada)

Toronto star ^ | 12-16-02 | Richard Gwyn

[Billthedrill]

How did we confuse the Islamic terrorists with Saddam?

We didn't. But I don't think that, given 500,000 dead Iranians, 10,000 Kurds poison-gassed, and a neighboring country brutally invaded by a blitzkrieg, that we can call Saddam anything but an Islamic terrorist.

[MadIvan]

Our "closest allies" hate us because we have a Republican in office. They are more loyal to socialism than they are to us.

Meanwhile a Labour Prime Minister is President Bush's closest ally.

Regards, Ivan

[dead]

After 9/11 ALL the world was sympathetic with the US; France's headlines "WE ARE ALL MERICANS", Canada, always sided with us, and Germany was always 100% behind us.

You’re insane.

The best selling book in France last year was about how the US government carried out the 911 attacks.

And the German’s just reelected a man whose entire campaign was built upon Germany’s deep-rooted anti-Americanism.

They are “friends” only when their interests coincide with ours.

[ArGee]

How did we take the tremendous goodwill from around the world, and turned it into hostility?

I don't know about the rest of the world, but the Europeans are easy to understand. For a moment it looked like we might become victims and even grovel in our victim status. That would make us popular with all those nations who used to rule the world but are now relatively irrelevant.

Then we sucked-up and set in motion our plan to repay those who hurt us and to make the world safe from terrorism. We went from victim to victor in less than a year. That kind of behavior really p***es off the Europeans.

Shalom.

[#1CTYankee]

"It is funny how this country under Bush, in less than two years ended up being hated by our closest allies, like Germany, France, Canada,...

France? one of our closest allies? Give me a break.

Oh and it's all bushes fault everone hates us huh?
Wake up, if Clintoon had done his job we wouldn't be in the situation were in now.

Bye for now Alec.

[Republic of Texas]

I don't use quotes when referring to the Brits, because I'm not being sarcastic. Still would be better to have a Conservative running things over there.

[MadIvan]

Still would be better to have a Conservative running things over there.

I couldn't agree more.

Regards, Ivan

[philosofy123]

Only two years ago, these friend of our (Canada, France,Germany....) did not envy us, or hate us! What changed?

[gilor]

those silly canucks better wise up if they ever what to be the 51st state (minus quebec of course).

[Argh]

Thank you for posting the REAL Canadian flag!

[SAMWolf]

You're welcome, Argh. I'll never unnderstand why the Canadians went to that flag that looks like a nose bleed.

[philosofy123]

Clinton is a bad excuse of a human being. His years will always be remembered as years of shame. However, that does not tell us why our allies hates us, and why we are buying the support of many nations instead of earning their support. Turkey, is one nation that we will give 20 billion dollars just to get their support.

I hate Alec.

[Argh]

I remember a few of the arguments from 1964. They wanted to represent Canada with a maple leaf on white to be the land, and blue borders to represent the oceans. They didn't think a green maple leaf looked good (it didn't), so they went with a fall coloured red one. Then some clever puppy noticed the blue borders, representing the oceans, would disappear against the sky, and the flag would look like the Rising Sun!! I'm glad we avoided that one!

The old flag was hard for kids to draw, but was lovely. Me being an old stick-in-the-mud conservative about some things may contribute to this opinion. The whole flag debate was, as so much that's gone on up here, a waste of time and money.

P.S., and to you too, Miss Cote: I just remembered the apparently true story that when it looked like we were going for red leaf, blue borders, some Japanese company jumped the gun and made a whole bunch of red leaf blue bordered plastic flags, etc. When the decision came for red and red, either the company or the Japanese government approached several African nations emerging at the time to accept the red/ blue as their new flag so the Japanese wouldn't be out of pocket!! All the emerging African nations refused, showing sense for the last times in some of their existences.

[#1CTYankee]

16,210 Canadians Immigrants came to the US in the year 2000, (Latest statics released.)
7,638 Germans and 3,465 French.

If they hate us so much, why do they come to live here?

[philosofy123]

I don't think our allies hate us as people they simply hate the arrogance of our policies.

[headsonpikes]

Thanks for your Canadian Jack post.

That will always be Canada's flag to me.

The complaint was that it wasn't a real flag, it was only a 'battle flag'.

It was good enough for our men at Vimy and Dunkirk.

[CholeraJoe]

If they hate us so much, why do they come to live here?

They all work for Seagram's, Molson and Bombardier. They've been sent to destroy our economy and our moral fiber.

[SAMWolf]

It was good enough for the men at Dieppe and Holland was liberated under that flag.

[headsonpikes]

Canada suffered an 'auto-coup' in the '60s by Pearson and his annointed heir Trudeau.

Historically evocative of Lenin/Stalin, imo.

Desecrating Canada's heritage was an essential part of that revolution, imo.

The Liberals are b*stards!...imo. ;^)