God help me, I've become a social democrat

[Trainer Monkey]

Just wondering,How many Canadians are deployed in Iraq?Also have taken casualties in Afghanistan.Odd,I can walk over to my neighbors shot-gun house in cajun country and have this same banter of Nationality .

Propaganda smothered us after 9/11.But that shit don't matter to the guy next to you.Nor the civilians,the economists and least of all........The politicians.A Governments dictates do not automatically reflect the citizen's.Btw.....Go Saints

There are no Canadian solders in Iraq. In Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers have been taking casualties at a comparable and at times higher rate than U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

While I agree with you that the gov't does not reflect the wishes of all its citizens, citizens in a democracy (supposedly) have the ability to stop these things from happening. Iraq was a very popular war initially.

Not from me,I smelled rodent high and hard,when the UN has to pull out weapons inspectors so we can invade because a country is supposedly in violation of a resolution that calls for weapons inspectors,I smell rat

[CFH]

Just wondering,How many Canadians are deployed in Iraq?Also have taken casualties in Afghanistan.Odd,I can walk over to my neighbors shot-gun house in cajun country and have this same banter of Nationality .

Propaganda smothered us after 9/11.But that shit don't matter to the guy next to you.Nor the civilians,the economists and least of all........The politicians.A Governments dictates do not automatically reflect the citizen's.Btw.....Go Saints

There are no Canadian solders in Iraq. In Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers have been taking casualties at a comparable and at times higher rate than U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

While I agree with you that the gov't does not reflect the wishes of all its citizens, citizens in a democracy (supposedly) have the ability to stop these things from happening. Iraq was a very popular war initially.

Not from me,I smelled rodent high and hard,when the UN has to pull out weapons inspectors so we can invade because a country is supposedly in violation of a resolution that calls for weapons inspectors,I smell rat

I'm certainly not claiming every American felt the same way. Not for a second. However, the climate was such that dissent was not well tolerated and I think a lot of people were cowed into silence. Kudos to those who did step up and stick their necks out.

[Trainer Monkey]

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There are no Canadian solders in Iraq. In Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers have been taking casualties at a comparable and at times higher rate than U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

While I agree with you that the gov't does not reflect the wishes of all its citizens, citizens in a democracy (supposedly) have the ability to stop these things from happening. Iraq was a very popular war initially.

Not from me,I smelled rodent high and hard,when the UN has to pull out weapons inspectors so we can invade because a country is supposedly in violation of a resolution that calls for weapons inspectors,I smell rat

My exact quote during the UN hearings(talk about a show trial) was "We dont seem to be able to take yes for an answer"
It would have been like carpet bombing Michigan and Pennsylvania for Christian Posse Comitatus and Aryan Nations.
Actually that would have made more sense then Iraq did.
At least they had direct involvement in Oklahoma City, unlike Iraq and 9/11