Re: George W. Bush's Speech on September 20, 2001

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sat Sep 22 2001 - 08:24:44 MDT


Mark Walker wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E. Shaun Russell" <e_shaun@extropy.org>
> > I was somewhat saddened by the fact that he claimed that the country's
> > closest friend was Great Britain, as opposed to Canada. However, the fact
> > of the matter is that while the majority of Canadian people do support the
> > US and any action it takes, the Canadian government has been anything but
> > forthright in mirroring this support. I am also slightly concerned that
> > Canada may have (inadvertently) harbored some of the terrorists involved
> in
> > the hijackings.
> >
> As a Canadian I must say that I was saddened by the fact that we were
> not mentioned at all. It does seem that Canada inadvertently harbored some
> of the terrorists but we are not alone in this--it looks like some of the
> terrorists may have been fairly well traveled.

I wouldn't exactly call it 'inadvertent', nor is this the first time.
These guys slip through (as did that Ressam character and his buddies
who tried slipping in on the Millenium to do some attacks) specificially
because Canada has some contradictory regs: it rejects immigrants who
are thought to be risks, but won't send back rejects to countries that
are violent. It stands to reason that a violent immigrant is one of the
reasons those countries are violent. Letting them stay to spread the
violence is a dumb idea.

> We were out driving the other day counting American and Canadian flags.
> Our unscientific survey concluded that they are in about equal numbers right
> now. A local newspaper printed an American flag and many people (including
> your truly) taped them in their livingroom windows.

A lot of Canadian friends have shown support. I hope they show enough to
close the loopholes in the immigration/refugee system.



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