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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
Nope.
I think if you'll look back to posts made in the GD forum here starting just minutes after the attacks on September 11th, 2001, you will realize you're looking back through rose colored glasses. 
Of course I do remember kindness from that time, but there is still kindness for those who were lost. There were dissenters regarding action from the very beginning. There is a difference between being sympathetic to our loss, and agreeing with our reaction.
I get really sick of "the world was eating out of our hands" 2 years ago, because it's complete bull.
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It is not.
Speaking as a Canadian we were pro-action in Afghanistan and against terrorism. We agreed with your reaction there and have the largest troop contingent in Kabul and continue to work to rebuild that country. So were the Germans i recall.
We were also for action in Iraq ONLY under UN mandate. Canada also had a proposal that allowed for further inspections backed by force. It was championed by Mexico because they were a member of the security council at the time and Canada was not. Both the French/German sides and the US sides disregarded it (edit>yeah yeah old argument don't want to go there but).
We were with you after Sept. 11th. Ronn. Unilateralism - go it alone turned that support off.
[ 09-12-2003, 02:39 PM: Message edited by: Djinn Raffo ]