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Old 03-17-2003, 06:39 PM  
Shoplifter
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My proudest moment as a Canadian...

After hearing Bush speak this evening I am proud our government
will not take part in an assalt on Iraq.

Rather than rise above the terrorists that attack it, the USA is lowering the bar further by disregarding the very rules of international conduct it has been espousing since 1945. This disregard for what amounts to the last shreds of civilized law is on a par with Nazi Germany's walkout of the League of Nations.
The business in his speech about how "willing nations" somehow
have rights beyond any UN resolutions invites some pedestrian "triumph des willens" comparisons.

Saddam is a bad guy, and he should go. But not like this. America can not build a better world by solely removing those who disagree with them while allowing the excesses of "free" governments.

And now that the UN has been officially rendered useless those peoples who have genuine cases of oppression (Tibet etc.) can kiss their hopes good bye as it is now acceptible for aggressor states to dispose of lesser peoples who may not share the same cuture, language or values.
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