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EvilBastard
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Canada's PM a National Embarrassment

#828178 - 08/19/02 12:26 PM (24 years, 1 month ago)

PM's a National Embarrassment

? Bob MacDonald -- Toronto Sun

U. S. President George W. Bush has launched "Operation Enduring Freedom." Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien has launched "Operation Patch-up." Beginning from the first moments Sept. 11 when he was informed about the first plane hitting New York's World Trade Center, Bush has strongly led his nation to deal with and fight back from terrorist attacks that killed more than 6,800 innocent people, including 33 or more Canadians.

Declaring early on that "We're at war," he mobilized his military and a large investigation force; organized an international anti-terrorism force -- even reaching out to Muslim nations; sent his cabinet into action; kept Congress, including Democrats, well informed of what was going on; went to Ground Zero in New York and encouraged the rescue workers; reached out to the American people with sympathy and strength, including one of the most stirring and rallying speeches in U.S. history.

"I will not forget this wound to our country, or those who inflicted it; I will not yield. I will not rest.
"Our war on terror begins with (bin Laden's network) al Qaida, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated."

And yesterday, Bush flew to Chicago to give a speech to airline workers and urge Americans to start travelling again -- noting extra security makes flying safer than before.

In other words, this rookie U.S. president performed as a man of decision and courage.

In sharp contrast, Canada's Chretien has proved a national embarrassment. To put it mildly.

From the start, he seemed in a daze. Beyond extending sympathy, he took little or no action. His most noted statement was to claim there were no terrorists in Canada. Quite stupid since his own intelligence agency, CSIS, had reported 50 terrorist cells and 350 individuals in Canada.

He refused to pledge Canada's full military backing to the multi-national force, something that fellow Commonwealth nations Britain and Australia had done immediately.

He failed to call his cabinet meeting until a week after the attacks, and the Commons wasn't recalled into emergency session. He even left his defence and immigration ministers attending meetings overseas.

And when Chretien finally went to see President Bush in Washington, he didn't even pay his respects to Ground Zero on the way. Instead, he went to a Liberal fundraiser in Toronto that evening.

When he met Bush, it was noted Canada's military was so under-manned and saddled with dangerously obsolete equipment that it would be of no use to the anti-terrorist force.

So the president instructed him to get to work going after terrorist cells in Canada and toughening our notoriously weak immigration and refugee system.

And so, with Canadians (except in Quebec) increasingly angry with his dithering -- some comparing him to Neville Chamberlain -- Chretien launched his Operation Patch-up.

He finally met his Liberal caucus but told them little. He showed up in the Commons, but spent his time bashing an art gallery for postponing an exhibit of Arab-Canadian art.

Previously, he had visited an Ottawa mosque to apologize profusely for any harassment Muslims might have experienced -- but didn't ask them to declare support for catching any terrorists and supporters -- in Canada or elsewhere.

No, no such thing. After all -- ever the politician -- Chretien well knows that he and his Liberals get most of the immigrant vote, including that of the growing Muslim population.

So yesterday, as part of Operation Patch-up, the prime minister made a big thing of announcing he's going to New York tomorrow to visit Ground Zero. He gave some malarkey about Mayor Rudy Giuliani saying it's okay to visit now. Oh, and he invited the opposition leaders to come along on his jet.

Meanwhile, he's allowing two of his favourite taxpayer-aided companies -- Air Canada and Bombardier -- to announce massive layoffs (firings). And without proof of how much business they have actually lost.

Unfortunately, the truth is that Chretien feels Canada's war is already over -- since he's escaped without pledging fighting troops. But he now admits that "perhaps" there are terrorist cells in Canada -- even as the RCMP raids places in Toronto connected to a suspected Arab terrorist who lived here six years and is now held by the FBI in New York.

However, based on past election successes, Jean Chretien obviously feels Operation Patch-up should work.

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