I grant you your right to oppose foreign powers from interfering in another nation. But then, perhaps Canada should withdraw from the United Nations, as they seem to be in a bunch of nations right now, with Canadian forces....
If you may recall, we didn't come originally into this position out of our own volition. We preferred to be isolationists for most of our history. It wasn't until Europe dragged us into their exploits, in an attempt to keep their wars and fights from pouring over into other areas of the world (Boxer Rebellion, anyone?). Not until after the Second war to end all wars did we realize we had to be active in the world to keep the bad guys at bay and to ensure democracy survived. Were we perfect in our attempts? No. But I can just imagine how much worse the world would be in right now, had we not stepped in on occasion. Thanks to our "cowboy diplomacy" millions are living in democracies today, rather than under the grip of communism, fascism and other totalitarian regimes. If you are so intent on Al-Assad and Musharaf, why don't you suggest Canada work on them? I would be very happy to allow Canada to step in and be the new world police force. Heck, I'm sure we could get a few billion dollars a year sent your way from our tax base, if you would take it over for us. We have, in the past, tried to put more power with the United Nations. Remember how we let them go into several nations in the past decade to handle the problems? What ended up happening in virtually every instance? The French refuse to give their soldiers bullets, and the problem children end up laughing in the UN's face. The UN would blow it and turn to us to bail them out. Why are we the world's police force? Because no one else is serious enough to do the job, and so they keep coming back to us to handle it. We have chosen to concentrate on Saddam Hussein first. Why? Because we see him as OUR major threat in the area at this time. If Canada sees someone else as a major threat, they are welcome to step in and straighten out the problem. Arm chair warriors need not apply. Back seat drivers not needed, either. K'aya K'ama, Gerald/gary Smith gszion1 @juno.com http://www .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Marc: First of all, I do not oppose the removal of Saddam Hussein from power -- he's every bit the tyrant that people say he is. What I oppose is a foreign country, a superpower who think they have a mandate to police the world, deciding whom to take out and who to leave in charge (if Hussein, why not al-Assad and Mussharaf, as I keep asking). ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
