Quote Originally Posted by FreshNugz
Touche, and well countered argument. I'll give you that.
However with that brightly crafted article, you've just poked a hole in your theory that Canada doesn't do enough to help you as an ally. Here you highlight all the things we do to help you in Iraq...so are we still such a shitty ally to you?

Not at all.....this actually was nice to see on my behalf and anything once said about your military; well sir, you have my apology.:thumbsup:

In addition, I have some reservations about the credibility of your source. Sure, his name is there with some filler info that's supposed to make him look like his opinion is significant, but he doesn't go so far as to document any of the information he purports to be correct.
I hear ya about the credibility issue and I usually try to research this type of thing out before posting. There was actually many articles under the google search that lead me to believe that it was fact not to mention Canadian contracts within Iraq. When we, the coallition forces, entered Iraq one of the stipulations that was set up was that ONLY countries that participated were allowed to do business within Iraq or hold Iraqi currency.

When I read of the Canadian companies striking up oil contracts in the Kurdish area it come as a suprise because of that stipulation.....figured there had to be something behind the scenes that we weren't being told about. Within just the last year though the Iraqi government has kind of drifted away from that policy....to a point. I've noticed a few countries in negotiations, like China, that had nothing to do with the liberation.

All in all I'll tell ya.....I really don't give a crap if Canada or if any other country has 200,000 or 20 troops on the ground. Respect is deserved! Somebodys son, daughter, friend... is in harms way to give us a hand in this effort. Even with France and Germany that used to be stand-offish are now getting involved. As they say, "Better late than never".

Considering the proximity of Afghanistan to our NATO Europe allies, I've been a bit suprised that they weren't more eager to clean up their backyard for their own national security.

"I see trees of green........ red roses too
I see em bloom..... for me and for you
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.".....Louis Armstrong

Have a good one!:s4:
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . Canada??s secret war in Iraq On 25 March 2003, during the "shock and awe" bombardment of Iraq, then US Ambassador Paul Cellucci admitted that "? ironically, Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel... will supply more support to this war in Iraq indirectly... than most of those 46 countries that are fully supporting our efforts there." Cellucci merely scratched the surface of Canada??s initial ??support? for the Iraq War, but he had let the cat out of the bag. As then Secretary of State Colin Powell had Rating: 5