Topic: Ok Somebody explain this too me

I was recently talking with an American acquaintence of mine and we got onto the subject of the war in Iraq.  He was of the opinion that Canadians were ungrateful for the US protecting us and that we should have gone along.  Now I've heard this before and I'm finally asking the question, who exactly do Americans think they're protecting us from?  Nobody wants to kill us and the last army that tried to invade was you so what exactly are you protecting us from?

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Nobody.

But a few decades ago we were protecting you from those evil Ruskies!

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Who, ironically, thought they were protecting the world from the US.
Sometimes paranoia can be quite amusing smile

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More like the ruskies and americans were protecting the world from each other.

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Confusing...Or confucius?

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"Confusing...Or confucius?"

That doesn't make any sense

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So America is like Zinc on an outboard motor! Rust attacks the zinc and leaves the motor alone...

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It's because Americans think they have the biggest balls. Which, we all know [isn't] true wink

Besides, the War in Iraq was a mistake. Even the majority of Americans realize that now.

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We save you every day from the Yellow Peril of Global Communism!!!!!1111one

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my only comment:

i was in iraq from march 2003 to august 2003.  in that time period i encountered more canadian troops than i did UK!

now i know the UK had a strong presence, but i was in a construction battailion and we had canadians helping us.  plus canada is a great country, they dont mess with anyone like the US does, plus thier healthcare systems rock.

I dont smoke cigarettes because i like them.  I smoke because it hides the smell of marijuana thats seeping into the hallway atm.

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"Do you think that the world just inherently loves Canada, just because Canada is filled with a bunch of lovable fuzzballs of people?"

Not the whole world.

I think there are people who like Canada, our allies and there are people who chose to live and let live; Canada doesn't bother them, they don't bother Canada.

My attitude is nobody wants to kill us because we give them no reasons to and many reasons not to.

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I find it interesting that Zarf interprets none hating Canada as everyone loving Canada a big huggy bunch. smile

I don't hate Canada,  but love it? Meh.

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Ok, when were the last major terrorist attacks on Canada? Does Canada even have any major terrorist groups of its own (such as ETA in Spain, or the IRA in the UK, which was ironically, co-funded by people in the USA smile)

The lack of threat to canada is because attacking them wouldnt gain much for anyone smile Otherwise the USA would have probably found "evidence" for WMDs there long ago smile

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Also a different attitude smile In the USA, there seems to be a massive fear and paranoia when terrorism is mentioned, but in the UK, when Glasgow was attacked (or rather - almost attacked), even the BBC made a few jokes about it, and when the london underground got hit, there were jokes being texted about it less than a day after... And as for the foiled attempt to blow up half a dozen trans-atlantic planes, that got less press coverage than FA CUP quarter-finals smile

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The biggest terror threat to Canada? I would have t say it's the CIA agents we have working in "cooperation" with us.

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"Also a different attitude  In the USA, there seems to be a massive fear and paranoia when terrorism is mentioned, but in the UK, when Glasgow was attacked (or rather - almost attacked), even the BBC made a few jokes about it, and when the london underground got hit, there were jokes being texted about it less than a day after... And as for the foiled attempt to blow up half a dozen trans-atlantic planes, that got less press coverage than FA CUP quarter-finals "

I guess over there, if somebody blows up your stuff, you need to show a stuff upper lip and British pluck and it is hoped H.M. Government will take the matter in hand.  Over here, somebody blows up your stuff, you gotta send that bastard to Hell.  Al Qaeda, the Capone gang, the Sioux, the Japanese, whoever.  Because it's your stuff! How's a man gonna get ahead in life, people keep blowing up his stuff?   That's some serious drama right there!

"The biggest terror threat to Canada? I would have t say it's the CIA agents we have working in "cooperation" with us."

I'd rate the fat filmmakers barging into your homes a little higher.

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"I guess over there, if somebody blows up your stuff, you need to show a stuff upper lip and British pluck and it is hoped H.M. Government will take the matter in hand.  Over here, somebody blows up your stuff, you gotta send that bastard to Hell.  Al Qaeda, the Capone gang, the Sioux, the Japanese, whoever.  Because it's your stuff! How's a man gonna get ahead in life, people keep blowing up his stuff?   That's some serious drama right there!"

I think it is more about not giving the bastards the satisfaction, showing them that we really aren't afraid, and no matter what the terrorists do it will still be business as usual. Or to put it in a way an American might understand better: The post will still come wink

How's that?

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"Al Qaeda has attacked Britain, the US, and Spain, and has advocated the destruction of the entire Western world, yet you think they just wouldn't bother with Canada?"

They haven't yet and since they attacked you first they obviously aren't afraid of American retaliation.  Now before you say something about the war in Iraq preventing them from getting here keep in mind that even in areas like Iraq anyone physically capable of boarding a plane can get into Canada.

"By the way, you still haven't addressed the fact that the lack of a threat to Canada is proof of the success of the program."

Ok I'm gonna rip off the Simpsons here.  If I claim a rock keeps tigers away is the lack of tigers proof the rock works?

"when were the last major terrorist attacks on Canada?"

October Crisis 1970 series of attacks by the FLQ (Front de Liberation du Quebec) wanted Quebec Sovereignity and kidnapped English government officials, blew up cars, mailboxes etc.  They were efficiently put down by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau through enacting the War Time Measures Act which essentially declared martial law.

"Does Canada even have any major terrorist groups of its own"

Aside from the FLQ I don't believe so and I don't think they exist anymore

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IN any event NZ is more loved than Canada! We have America which keeps on liking us despite the fact we tell them to go stick it and never help them... but since we have much bette rbeef and lamb than them they still love us. At the other end of the spectrum we have terrorists telling NZers they capture (ie after they find out they are NZers) that they won't hurt them and don't worry they will send us home, and then send the american scum back as well just cause the NZer asked nicely and said he was his friend... Can't get better than that eh?

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