23rd March 2003, 11:46 PM
I haven't been paying much attention to the war because I've been extremely busy, but I know that many Canadians do not support the war on Iraq...the French Canadians especially. At a recent Montreal Candiens game against the New York Islanders, the American national anthem was showered with boos. This being a free country, you can do that no problem. It is very distateful, though. At the next Candiens game (last night or the night before), Canadien (as in he played for the Candiens) hall of famer and hockey legend Jacques Bellevue gave a speech about sportsmanship and how the playing of both anthems at hockey games is a fifty year old tradition... the Canadiens fans cheered during the off-key anthem. The reason? The fans respected the hockey legend a hell of a lot more than George Bush. Heh, shows what kind of city Montreal all is.
Anyways, the point I'm trying to get across is that this war has led many Canadians to hatred of George Bush and America in general. But Canada not joining the coalition is crap, I think. We turned our backs, and the Americans would have been there for us. One of the reasons why we apparently didn't join is because of the focus of the war on terrorism...whis is respectable enough. But there has to be more of a reason than that.
Anyways, the point I'm trying to get across is that this war has led many Canadians to hatred of George Bush and America in general. But Canada not joining the coalition is crap, I think. We turned our backs, and the Americans would have been there for us. One of the reasons why we apparently didn't join is because of the focus of the war on terrorism...whis is respectable enough. But there has to be more of a reason than that.