[quidnunc]

GoAhead-Make My Day wrote: I don't think he was saying it with spite, I mean, it's quite obvious to me that plenty of countries in the world don't trust us, that's why we haven't been able to attack Iraq yet. Is he really saying anything we didn't already know?

Bullbleep!

This was a calculated insult comparable to Charles de Gaulle shouting "Vive le Quebec libre" during a speech in Montreal in 1967.

Chrétien is Canada's leader and he speaks for Canada.

In other words, this is Canada's official position and it was deliberately stated in a way and in a venue calculated to wound.

[GoAhead-Make My Day]

quidnunc, are you saying then that all the countries of the world trust us? Because like it or not, they don't trust us. That's a simple fact of life.

[jriemer]

This was a calculated insult comparable to Charles de Gaulle shouting "Vive le Quebec libre" during a speech in Montreal in 1967.

Chrétien is Canada's leader and he speaks for Canada.

In other words, this is Canada's official position and it was deliberately stated in a way and in a venue calculated to wound.

Exactly. And to think Candians pride themselves as being "nicer people" relative to other nations...