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Originally posted by FlyingIguana
why should it increase the hate towards canada? its this same arrogance that americans have, thinking that everyone should kiss your ass and do what you say. then you wonder why planes fly into your buildings and not others? your foreign policy has put lives at risk in the past and will continue to do so in the future unless this arrogance slips away. it won't vanquish this american hatred overnight, but it will be a start in the right direction.
its your lives that are at risk, not ours.
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You think that the actions of the US negatively effect opinion of it and yet refuse to believe that the actions of YOUR COUNTRY and it's people negatively effect or should effect opinion of it?
That's called hypocrisy, my friend.
I hardly think it a coincidence that at the same time people are protesting and shouting anti-American slogans, American schoolchildren are getting booed while on vacation and politicians are insulting our president that there would be a commitment to extradite someone that the US has said it wished to charge on war crimes. Canada has been considered a world-leader in identfying and deporting war criminals. They have been actively involved in international agreements regarding such. Now they want to grandstand? For what reason?
Anti-American sentiment is coming loud and clear from North to South right now and beginning to cause the same backwards. Surprise! We're just like you!
But of course, those belligerent people and politicians are only REACTING to what they see elsewhere in the world. Remember Ms. Ducros?
Again - my feelings for Canada are the same as always. One of our greatest allies. I just find it strange that you care so much about the world's opinion of the US but don't care about the negative actions of your countrymen that are now causing a backlash of opinion the other way. Somehow, everything you do is ok. Everything the US does is wrong.