13th January 2004, 3:52 PM
Good relations between the U.S. and Canada are, of course, necessary. This is a good thing.
Let's not be naive about the reasons; there's no doubt business contracts are an important factor. Yet I see no reason to make it sound like that's a bad thing: Canadian companies get contracts and therefore cash, Iraq gets rebuilt, and the Americans look and feel a bit less like the Lone Warrior. Good business is good news for everyone.
I would in fact, on the contrary, be pretty damn suspicious of a PM that sends us soaring into Iraq in exchange for nothing at all. Martin's scoring some points vs. Chrétien with me, I must say. If the new Conservative Party elects a social conservative as their leader I'll probably inch back towards the Liberals- otherwise the ball's still up in the air.
That's hard to evaluate, as you don't know whether Martin would've gone into Iraq had he been PM at the time. At this point, at any rate, I think it's a good thing for both Canada and the U.S.
Quote: Martin said he was pleased by the new U.S. stance toward Canada, and the lucrative contracts that could come Canada's way.
Let's not be naive about the reasons; there's no doubt business contracts are an important factor. Yet I see no reason to make it sound like that's a bad thing: Canadian companies get contracts and therefore cash, Iraq gets rebuilt, and the Americans look and feel a bit less like the Lone Warrior. Good business is good news for everyone.
I would in fact, on the contrary, be pretty damn suspicious of a PM that sends us soaring into Iraq in exchange for nothing at all. Martin's scoring some points vs. Chrétien with me, I must say. If the new Conservative Party elects a social conservative as their leader I'll probably inch back towards the Liberals- otherwise the ball's still up in the air.
Quote:That's not Canada helping the United States or Iraq; that's Canada being greedy and wanting a stake of the contracts that they don't deserve. That's like Italy declaring war on France after Paris surrendered and days before the complete capitulation, only so they could get a share of the spoils. It's shameful, and only a hair's breadth any better than Chretien.
That's hard to evaluate, as you don't know whether Martin would've gone into Iraq had he been PM at the time. At this point, at any rate, I think it's a good thing for both Canada and the U.S.
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This is a special car.
Two accelerators... no brakes! Yeeeah!
-- Zodiac Mindwarp / Backseat Education