PM says Canada will not fight in Iraq

CBC News ^ | 3/17/03

[areafiftyone]

OTTAWA -

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said Monday that Canada will not go to war against Iraq.

He said the government would only support military action if there were a United Nations Security Council resolution, and the Council backers of an attack decided Monday to withdraw their resolution.

Without a resolution, "Canada will not participate," Chrétien said to cheers in Parliament.

The U.S. and Britain, which has been seeking suport for the resolution, withdrew it when it became clear that it did not have enough backing to pass.

[Cyber Liberty]

I'm shocked, I tell ya....

[The G Man]

I wonder if Canada were attacked if he'd still wait for UN approval?

[GraniteStateConservative]

Well, crap. I wanted us to beat Iraq. Without Canada as our starting center, we'll lose in a romp.

[angelwings49]

Who needs 'em!

[tomahawk]

Good.

[kb2614]

Maybe we should tell them it's a hockey game.

[Cyber Liberty]

Well, if they don't come, then we won't have to fish their one and only cannon from the bottom of the Persian Gulf again?

[smith288]

They are a bunch of hosers, eh.

[Henrietta]

Surprise, surprise. They are, once again, going to let everyone else defend freedom.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: PM says Canada will not fight in Iraq

Gad!
What will our Navy do without Canada's firepower?

[Shermy]

I wonder if Canada were attacked if he'd still wait for UN approval?

Or defend Canada at all? Chretien might call the attack a "legitimate response by the poor of the world" that hastens the stripping away of the unfair advantages and wealth of the Canadian middle classes.

[Grampa Dave]

Naah! If Canada was attacked in the tradition of his Frog DNA, he would surrender all of Canada to whomever attacked.

[cynicom]

If we invade Canada, will these cowards fight or become kneepadders????

[CatOwner]

"Maybe we should tell them it's a hockey game."

Yeah, that's the ticket. Tell Canada that Saddam thinks his crack squad of hockey players can be any old Canadian team.

[jriemer]

Canada - it works this way.

If you did not receive an invitation, you cannot go to the big dance.

[Diddle E. Squat]

The Canadian parliament debate is on CPAM right now. A live thread is discussing it here, while waiting for CSPAM to switch back to the British parliament: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/866929/posts?page=1,100

The parliament show is a complete parody of itself.

[CatOwner]

be = beat (sheesh!)

[America's Resolve]

"Damn Canadians. I hate those bastards!!"

[Dog]

Did we ask them???