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—Ian King, December 13, 2004

Tuesday, March 25, 2003

 
A little something to consider about U.S. ambassador Paul Cellucci's criticism of the Canadian government's stand in the war against Iraq: Cellucci is a career politician, not a diplomat by training. One should expect his remarks to be a bit more crude than those of a seasoned State Department man, and that's been the case. Last fall, Cellucci directly criticized Canada's relatively small defence spending. Even so, I think that his remarks were off base.

"There is no security threat to Canada that the United States would not be ready, willing and able to help with. There would be no debate, there would be no hesitation. We would be there for Canada -- part of our family."

A little problem, Paul: Can you kindly point out just when Iraq threatened war with the United States; that is, before the United States said that it would chenge the Iraqi regime? I'm not aware of any such threats, or of any Iraqi plan to lauch or back an invasion of the United States. Comparing the Iraq situation to a direct threat against Canada or the U.S. rings hollow in this observer's eyes.
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