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**Jeffery** · 01-27-2007, 04:50 PM

My congratulations. The canadian gouvernment is showing some backbone here. Everytime I remember how our gouvernment "handled" the Kurnaz- or the Al-Masri-abduction, I have to puke. The US abducts german citizens without having anything against them (even from foreign soil) and our politicians wet into their pants because they fear that someone could demand they have to say something against that. Laughing stocks.

Politically Harper has to drive a wedge between him and Bush, while politically he is in line with the moderate and left of center democrats in the US that is not the perception. And despite the fact that Michael Ignatieff (Liberal Deputy) actually supports torture, the iraq war, and a host of the rest, the NDP and Liberals will still try to hang that around the neck of harper.

In terms of international relations, this is the only response which is available. If a country attacks your citizens, its cause for a diplomatic row.

01-27-2007, 04:50 PM	#7
Jeffery Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	My congratulations. The canadian gouvernment is showing some backbone here. Everytime I remember how our gouvernment "handled" the Kurnaz- or the Al-Masri-abduction, I have to puke. The US abducts german citizens without having anything against them (even from foreign soil) and our politicians wet into their pants because they fear that someone could demand they have to say something against that. Laughing stocks. Politically Harper has to drive a wedge between him and Bush, while politically he is in line with the moderate and left of center democrats in the US that is not the perception. And despite the fact that Michael Ignatieff (Liberal Deputy) actually supports torture, the iraq war, and a host of the rest, the NDP and Liberals will still try to hang that around the neck of harper. In terms of international relations, this is the only response which is available. If a country attacks your citizens, its cause for a diplomatic row.
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